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.
739. There is no felicity upon earth, which carries not its counterpoise of misfortunes; no happiness which mounts so high, which is not depressed by some calamity.
Contemplation of the State of Man, Bk I, Chap. II
740.
A day, an hour of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Cato (Cato), Act II, Scene I
741. Some ease it is hid sorrows to declare.
Sonnet V. A Complaint
742. In political discussion heat is in inverse proportion to knowledge.
The Growth of Freedom in the
Balkan Peninsula, p. 127
743. A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone.
Essay on the Faculties of the Mind
744.
He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke,
Submits his neck unto a second yoke.
Hesperides, 42