Proverbial Wisdom

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

127. Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Tempest (Trinculo), Act II, Scene II

128. Half the sorrows of women would be averted if they could repress the speech they know to be useless — nay, the speech they have resolved not to utter.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Felix Holt

129. The law is blind, and speaks in general terms;
She cannot pity where occasion serves.

Thomas May (?1594-1650)

The Heir (Euphues), Act IV.

130. That which we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it ; but being lack’d and lost,
Why, then we rack the value, then we find
The virtue that possession would not show us.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Much Ado about Nothing (Friar), Act IV, Scene I

131. The love of money is the root of all evil.

The Bible

1 Timothy 6:10

132. Cut thy coat according to thy cloth.

John Lyly (?1553-1606)

Euphues and his England