Proverbial Wisdom

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

13. Philosophy will clip an Angel’s wings,
Conquer all mysteries by rule and line,
Empty the haunted air, the gnomèd mine —
Unweave a rainbow.

John Keats (1795-1821)

Lamia, II

14. Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever Fortunes lavishly can pour,
The mind annihilates and calls for more.

Edward Young (1683-1765)

Love of Fame, Sat. V, line 393

15. ’Tis when the wound is stiffening with the cold,
The warrior first feels pain; ’tis when the heat
And fiery fever of the soul is past,
The sinner feels remorse.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

The Monastery, Chap. XXIII

16. Woe to the crown that doth the cowl obey!

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt I, XXIX

17. There are many dangers by the way
And hasty climbers quickly catch a fall.

Anonymous (1605)

The Famous History of the Life and Death of
Captain Thomas Stukeley (Wife)

18. The man that lays his hand upon a woman,
Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch
Whom ’t were gross flattery to name a coward.

John Tobin (1770-1804)

The Honeymoon, Act II, Scene I