Proverbial Wisdom

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

727. One cannot eat one’s cake and have it too.

Isaac Bickerstaff (1733-?1812)

Thomas and Sally

728. What strong mysterious links enchain the heart,
To regions where the morn of life was spent.

James Grahame (1765-1811)

The Sabbath, line 404

729. O wad some pow’r the giftie gie us
To see ourselves as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An’ foolish notion:
What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us,
And ev’n devotion.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

To a Louse

730. We must take our poets as we do our meals — as they are served up to us.

Augustine Birrell (1850-1933)

Obiter Dicta, Mr Browning’s Poetry

731. An Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.

George Chapman (1559-1634)

Alphonsus: Emperor of Germany (Collen), Act I.

732. He that will use all winds, must shift his sail.

John Fletcher (1579-1625)

The Faithful Shepherdess (Chloe), Act III,
Scene III