Proverbial Wisdom

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

211. You may deride my awkward pace,
But slow and steady wins the race.

Robert Lloyd (1733-1764)

Fables. The Hare and the Tortoise

212. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)

The Tatler, No. 147

213. Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Pericles (Pericles), Act I, Scene I

214. Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps,
And pyramids are pyramids in vales.

Edward Young (1683-1765)

Night Thoughts, Night VI, line 309

215. The tree is known by his fruit.

The Bible

Matthew 12:33

216. Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As, to be hated, needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face.
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Man