Proverbial Wisdom

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

181. ‘Men are more eloquent than women made.’ ‘But women are more powerful to persuade.’

Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)

Amyntas, Prologue

182. Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV, Pt II (Suffolk), Act III, Scene I

183. One brave deed makes no hero.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)

The Hero

184. Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Essay on the Faculties of the Mind

185. He that, to his prejudice, will do
A noble action and a gen’rous too,
Deserves to wear a more resplendent crown
Than he that hath a thousand battles won.

John Pomfret (1667-1702)

Cruelty and Lust, line 399

186. The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.

Old Proverb