Proverbial Wisdom

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

133. Heaven forfend that vengeance e’er should strike,
Ere justice doomed the blow.

Robert Southey (1774-1843)

The Fall of Robespierre, Act II

134. Mellow nuts have hardest rind.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

Lord of the Isles, Can. III, XXL

135. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

Old Proverb

136. Damn with faint praise.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Prologue to the Satires

137. Riches can’t always purchase happiness.

Robert Southey (1774-1843)

The Wedding (Traveller)

138. Innocence is as an armed heel
To trample accusation.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

The Cenci (Beatrice), Act IV, Scene IV