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.
193.
A burthen’d conscience
Will never need a hangman.
Laws of Candy (Cassilane), Act V, Scene I
194.
Man is a creature of a wilful head,
And hardly driven is, but eas’ly led.
The Queen’s Arcadia (Ergastus), Act IV, Scene V
195. Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
The Wealth of Nations, Bk V, Pt III, Art. III
196. Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.
Proverbs 25:17
197. The harder match’d, the greater victory.
Henry VI, Pt III. (King Edward), Act V, Scene I
198. Friends are as dangerous as enemies.
Essay on Schlosser’s Literary History