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.
43. ‘Orthodoxy, my lord,’ said Bishop Warburton, in a whisper, ‘orthodoxy is my doxy, heterodoxy is another man’s doxy.’
Memoirs, Vol. I, p. 372
44.
’Tis not what man Does which exalts him,
But what man Would do!
Saul, XVIII
45. Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.
Proverbs 25:17
46. Jesters do oft prove prophets.
King Lear (Regan), Act V, Scene III
47. The bitter goes before the sweet. Yea, and for as much as it doth, it makes the sweet the sweeter.
Pilgrim’s Progress (Timorous), Pt II
48.
There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.
In Memoriam, XCVI