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.
547.
Truth is always strange, —
Stranger than fiction.
Don Juan, Can. XIV, St. 101
548. Nobody can deny but that religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked.
Letter to the Countess of Bute, 23rd June, 1754
549.
Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire,
That’s a’ the learning I desire.
Epistle to L—k
550. Labour is but refreshment from repose.
Greenland, Can. 11
551. Posterity, that high court of appeal which is never tired of eulogising its own justice and discernment.
Essay on Machiavelli
552. Visible governments are the toys of some nations, the diseases of others, the harness of some, the burdens of more.
Sesame and Lilies, Lecture I, 42