Proverbial Wisdom

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

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

John Milton (1608-1674)

Paradise Lost, Bk I, line 648

194. Marriage is a matter of more worth
Than to be dealt in by attorneyship.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt I (Suffolk), Act V, Scene VI

195. In fair virtue’s heavenly road,
The cottage leaves the palace far behind.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

The Cotter’s Saturday Night

196. He jests at scars, that never felt a wound.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Act II, Scene II

197. Poets lose half the praise they should have got,
Could it be known what they discreetly blot.

Edmund Waller (1606-1687)

On Roscommon’s Translation of De Arte Poetica

198. When fails our dearest friend,
There may be refuge with our direst foe.

James Sheridan Knowles (1784-1862)

The Wife (Mariana), Act V, Scene II