Proverbial Wisdom

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

631. A glorious charter, deny it who can,
Is breathed in the words, I’m an Englishman.

Eliza Cook (1818-1889)

The Englishman

632. Prevention is better than cure.

Old Proverb

633. The colt that’s back’d and burden’d being young, Loseth his pride, and never waxeth strong.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Venus and Adonis, St. 70

634. Remembrance oft may start a tear.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Verses written under Violent Grief

635. A man must serve his time to ev’ry trade
Save censure — critics all are ready made.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers

636. Half the sorrows of women would be averted if they could repress the speech they know to be useless — nay, the speech they have resolved not to utter.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Felix Holt