Proverbial Wisdom

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

253. He that, to his prejudice, will do
A noble action and a gen’rous too,
Deserves to wear a more resplendent crown
Than he that hath a thousand battles won.

John Pomfret (1667-1702)

Cruelty and Lust, line 399

254. Visible governments are the toys of some nations, the diseases of others, the harness of some, the burdens of more.

John Ruskin (1819-1900)

Sesame and Lilies, Lecture I, 42

255. Haste makes waste, and waste makes want, and want makes strife between the good man and his wife.

Old Proverb

256. To bear is to conquer our fate.

Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)

On visiting a Scene in Argyleshire

257. Time, place, and action, may with pains be wrought,
But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

Letter X. To Congreve, on the Double Dealer

258. He soonest looseth that despairs to win.

Anonymous (1605)

The Famous History of the Life and Death of
Captain Thomas Stukeley (Wife), line 711