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.
505.
Repentance for past crimes is just and easy;
But sin no more’s a task too hard for mortals.
The Relapse (Worthy), Act V, Scene IV
506. It is seldom that the miserable can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable.
Silas Marner, Ch. XII
507. ‘Orthodoxy, my lord,’ said Bishop Warburton, in a whisper, ‘orthodoxy is my doxy, heterodoxy is another man’s doxy.’
Memoirs, Vol. I, p. 372
508.
He that doth live at home, and learns to know
God and himself, needeth no further go.
The Synagogue, Travels at Home
509. Politeness costs nothing, and gains everything.
Letters
510.
Not ten yoke of oxen
Have the power to draw us
Like a woman’s hair.
The Saga of King Olaf