Proverbial Wisdom

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

13. You cannot get blood out of a stone.

Old Proverb

14. Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Iago), Act III, Scene III

15. Maken vertue of necessite.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

The Knight’s Tale, line 3044

16. What’s gone, and what’s past help,
Should be past grief.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

A Winter’s Tale (Paulina), Act III, Scene II

17. Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

John Milton (1608-1674)

Paradise Lost, Bk I, line 648

18. I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Iago), Act I, Scene I