Proverbial Wisdom

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

181. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act III, Scene I

182. Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Thoughts on Various Subjects

183. He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Comedy of Errors (Dromio), Act IV, Scene III

184. A friend ought to shun no pain, to stand his friend in stead.

Richard Edwards (1525-1556)

Damon and Pithias (Carisophus)

185. To be, or not to be, — that is the question —
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act III, Scene I

186. One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Middlemarch, Bk II, Ch. XVII