Proverbial Wisdom

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

235. Friendship’s like musick; two strings tun’d alike,
Will both stirre; though only one you strike.

Francis Quarles (1592-1644)

Job Militant, Sec 7, Med. 7

236. Woe to the crown that doth the cowl obey!

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt I, XXIX

237. Trust not him that hath once broken faith.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt III (Queen Elizabeth),
Act IV, Scene IV

238. 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

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

Edward Young (1683-1765)

Night Thoughts, Night VI, line 309

240. There’s no erring twice in love and war.

John Pomfret (1667-1702)

Love Triumphant over Reason, line 88