Proverbial Wisdom

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

739. ’Tis better to have loved and lost,
Than never to have loved at all.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

In Memoriam, XXVII

740. How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Iago), Act II, Scene III

741. He that will not use the rod on his child, his child shall be used as a rod on him.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

Holy and Profane States. Holy State,
The Good Parent.

742. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)

Essays, State Tamperings with Money and Banks

743. Pride,
Howe’er disguised in its own majesty,
Is littleness.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Poems Written in Youth, VII

744. How were pity understood
Unless by pain?

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Parleyings with Certain People: Francis Farini