Proverbial Wisdom

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

7. England, with all thy faults, I love thee still —
My country! and while yet a nook is left
Where English minds and manners may be found,
Shall be constrain’d to love thee.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

The Task, Bk II, line 206

8. He makes a foe who makes a jest.

John Gay (1685-1732)

Fables, Pt. I, XLVI

9. He that is but able to express
No sense at all in several languages,
Will pass for learneder than he that’s known
To speak the strongest reason in his own.

Samuel Butler (1613-1680)

Satire upon Human Learning, Pt I, line 65

10. One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene V

11. A man is never too old to learn.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)

Mayor of Queenborough (Simon), Act V, Scene I

12. Better be happie than wise.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk II, Ch. VI