Proverbial Wisdom
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
733.
What custom hath endear’d
We part with sadly, though we prize it not.
Basil (Rosmberg), Act I, Scene II
734.
Hard is the task of justice, where distress
Excites our mercy, yet demands redress.
The Heroick Daughter (King), Act III, last lines
735.
There’s a new tribunal now
Higher than God’s — the educated man’s!
The Ring and the Book, X, line 1977
736.
When fails our dearest friend,
There may be refuge with our direst foe.
The Wife (Mariana), Act V, Scene II
737.
Hypocrisy the only evil that walks
Invisible, except to God alone.
Paradise Lost, Bk III, line 683
738. Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
The Wealth of Nations, Bk V, Pt III, Art. III