Proverbial Wisdom

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

967. Labour is but refreshment from repose.

James Montgomery (1771-1854)

Greenland, Can. 11

968. A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man.

William Hazlitt (1778-1830)

Political Essays: On Court Influence

969. He soonest looseth that despairs to win.

Anonymous (1605)

The Famous History of the Life and Death of
Captain Thomas Stukeley (Wife), line 711

970. Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As, to be hated, needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face.
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Man

971. A good heart’s worth gold.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV, Pt II (Hostess), Act II, Scene IV

972. History is Philosophy teaching by examples.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751)

On the Study and Use of History, Letter II