Proverbial Wisdom

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

271. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

The Bible

Matthew 15:14

272. He, with lib’ral and enlarged mind,
Who loves his country, cannot hate mankind.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

The Farewell, line 301

273. A friend ought to shun no pain, to stand his friend in stead.

Richard Edwards (1525-1556)

Damon and Pithias (Carisophus)

274. For Luff is off sa mekill mycht,
That it all paynys makis lycht.
(Trans. — Love is of such great might,
That it all pains makes light.)

John Barbour (?1320-1395)

The Bruce, Bk II, line 520

275. No love so true as love that dies untold.

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)

The Mysterious Illness

276. Friendship is seldom lasting, but between equals, or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

The Rambler, No. 64