Proverbial Wisdom

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

187. Ignorance is a blank sheet on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one on which we must first erase.

Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)

Lacon, I

188. One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.

Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904)

Adzuma, or The Japanese Wife (Sakamune),
Act II, Scene V

189. Out of sight, out of minde.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. II

190. A patient man’s a pattern for a king.

Thomas Dekker (?1572-1632)

The Honest Whore, Pt II (Duke), last line

191. Hard is the task of justice, where distress
Excites our mercy, yet demands redress.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

The Heroick Daughter (King), Act III, last lines

192. ’Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus,
Another thing to fall.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Sc. I