Proverbial Wisdom

Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.

313. Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Edmund Burke (1730-1797)

Reflections on the Revolution in France

314. He who allows oppression shares the crime.

Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802)

The Loves of the Plants, Can. III, line 458

315. Hard is the task of justice, where distress
Excites our mercy, yet demands redress.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

The Heroick Daughter (King), Act III, last lines

316. To judge wisely I suppose we must know how things appear to the unwise.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Daniel Deronda, Bk IV, Chap. XXIX

317. Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Discoveries

318. Generous commerce binds
The round of nations in a golden chain.

James Thomson (1700-1748)

Seasons, Summer, line 138