Proverbial Wisdom

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

187. If reasons were as plenty as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV, Pt I (Falstaff), Act II, Scene IV

188. How sour sweet music is,
When time is broke, and no proportion kept!
So is it in the music of men’s lives.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard II (Richard), Act V, Scene V

189. These are the English arts, these we profess,
To be the same in misery and success;
To teach oppressors laws, assist the good,
Relieve the wretched, and subdue the proud.

Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax (1661-1715)

The Man of Honour

190. A foole I doe him firmely hold,
That loves his fetters, though they were of gold.

Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)

Faerie Queene, Bk III, Can. IX, St. 8

191. Learning by study must be won,
’Twas ne’er entailed from son to son.

John Gay (1685-1732)

Fable XI, Pt II

192. There is properly no history, only biography.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

History