What is the meaning of this aphorism from Pain's The American Crisis? Wisdom is not the purchase of a day. a. people cannot buy respect from each other; respect must be earned. b. it takes a long time to develop a sense of strategy and knowledge. c. wisdom cannot be bought or sold. d. nothing comes easily.

d. Nothing comes easily.

Explanation:

Thomas Paine's The American Crisis is an essay that he wrote showing his support for the ongoing war and revolt against the British government. In it, he also stressed the need to keep on fighting until the American colonists get their freedom and steer clear of the British authority.

Aphorisms are sayings or expressions that relay the simple truth of life. It contains a general truth of what the reality is. And in Paine's aphorism "Wisdom is not the purchase of a day", he means that nothing comes easy for a successful effort. This line is used in his appeal to the colonists to generate greater force to fight against the enemy, and that it must be done if the colonies are to succeed in their war against the British. Like wisdom which is attained after numerous attempts and sacrifice, the colonies must also be ready to sacrifice their all if they are to gain their freedom from the British rule.

in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!

synonymous.

he was ashamed of himself