Proverbial Wisdom

Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.

595. In political discussion heat is in inverse proportion to knowledge.

James George Cotton Minchin (1851-1933)

The Growth of Freedom in the
Balkan Peninsula, p. 127

596. Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men’s power to be agreeable.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Thoughts on Various Subjects

597. Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
He acts the third crime that defends the first.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Catiline (Cicero), Act III, Scene II

598. Of all the paths lead to a woman’s love,
Pity’s the straightest.

Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625)

The Knight of Malta (Mount Ferrat),
Act I, Scene I

599. Dissensions like small streams are first begun;
Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run.

Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719)

The Dispensary, Can. III, line 184

600. He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself.

Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682)

Christian Morals, Pt I, XXXIV