Proverbial Wisdom

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

211. Alas! we make
A ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,
But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolves
Look down upon our slumbering acts.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838)

A History of the Lyre

212. Remembrance oft may start a tear.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Verses written under Violent Grief

213. Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Discoveries

214. The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him.

The Bible

Proverbs 16:26

215. Pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Tam o’ Shanter

216. Necessity never made a good bargain.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Poor Richard’s Almanac