Proverbial Wisdom

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

133. It’s gude to be merry and wise,
It’s gude to be honest and true,
And afore you’re off with the old love
It’s best to be on wi’ the new.

Old Scottish Song

134. Enough is as good as a feast.

Isaac Bickerstaff (1733-?1812)

Love in a Village (Hawthorne sings), Act III,
Scene I

135. How sour sweet music is,
When time is broke, and no proportion kept!
So is it in the music of men’s lives.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard II (Richard), Act V, Scene V

136. Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Criticism, Pt III, line 574

137. You may deride my awkward pace,
But slow and steady wins the race.

Robert Lloyd (1733-1764)

Fables. The Hare and the Tortoise

138. It’s a poor heart that never rejoices.

Old Proverb