Proverbial Wisdom

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

649. What should they know of England who only England know?

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

The English Flag

650. Childhood shows the man,
As morning shows the day.

John Milton (1608-1674)

Paradise Regained, Bk IV, line 220

651. A foole I doe him firmely hold,
That loves his fetters, though they were of gold.

Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)

Faerie Queene, Bk III, Can. IX, St. 8

652. True happiness
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth and choice.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Cynthia’s Revels (Arete), Act III, Scene II

653. Deeds let escape are never to be done.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Sordello, Bk III

654. Power is the grim idol that the world adores.

William Hazlitt (1778-1830)

Political Essays. On the Connexion between
Toad-Eaters and Tyrants