Proverbial Wisdom

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

19. Be proud of those strong sons of thine
Who wrenched their rights from thee!

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

England and America

20. All hoods make not monks.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VIII (Queen Katharine), Act III, Scene I

21. Be not too rigidly censorious,
A string may jar in the best master’s hand,
And the most skilful archer miss his aim; —
I would not quarrel with a slight mistake.

Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon (?1633-1685)

Art of Poetry (translated from Horace), line 388

22. Fore-warn’d, fore-arm’d.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

The Drummer (Abigail), Act IV, Scene I

23. Grief makes one hour ten.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard II (Bolingbroke), Act I, Scene III

24. Help refused
Is hindrance sought and found.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Ferishtah’s Fancies, Two Camels