Proverbial Wisdom

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

685. The pen is mightier than the sword.

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

Richelieu (Richelieu), Act II, Scene II

686. Whatsoever a man soweth, that also shall he reap.

The Bible

Galatians 6:7

687. A chyld were beter to be unbore, than to be untaught.

Symon Simeonis (c. 1322)

Lessons of Wysedome for all maner Chyldryn, II

688. From shaven chins never came better justice
Than those ne’er touched by razor.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)

The Old Law (Eugenia), Act V, Scene I

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

John Milton (1608-1674)

Paradise Regained, Bk IV, line 220

690. Who has not known ill fortune, never knew
Himself or his own virtue.

James Thomson (1700-1748)

Alfred, Act I, Scene I