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.
493. There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
Essay XXXI, of Suspicion
494. He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself.
Christian Morals, Pt I, XXXIV
495.
He, with lib’ral and enlarged mind,
Who loves his country, cannot hate mankind.
The Farewell, line 301
496. Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.
Social Aims
497.
A man may cry Church! Church! at ev’ry word.
With no more piety than other people —
A daw’s not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Ode to Rae Wilson Esq.
498.
An idler is a watch that wants both hands;
As useless when it goes as when it stands.
Retirement, line 681