Proverbial Wisdom

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

139. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1758

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

Thomas May (?1594-1650)

The Heir (Euphues), Act IV.

141. Examples lead us, and we likely see;
Such as the prince is, will his people be.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 761.

142. If Jove stray, who dares say, Jove doth ill ?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Pericles (Pericles), Act I, Scene I

143. A gaudy dress and gentle air
May slightly touch the heart,
But it’s innocence and modesty
That polishes the dart.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

My Handsome Nell

144. That only disadvantage of honest hearts, credulity.

Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)

Arcadia, Bk II