Proverbial Wisdom

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

1207. Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Comedy of Errors (Luciana), Act III, Scene II

1208. Faint heart faire lady ne’er could win.

Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650)

Brittain’s Ida, Can. V, St. I

1209. If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV., Pt. I. (Prince Henry), Act I., Scene II.

1210. ’Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Success

1211. There is properly no history, only biography.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

History

1212. Alas! we make
A ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,
But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolves
Look down upon our slumbering acts.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838)

A History of the Lyre