Proverbial Wisdom

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

289. He that will have cake out of the wheat, must tarry the grinding.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Troilus and Cressida (Pandarus), Act I, Scene I

290. To mourn a mischief that is past and gone,
Is the next way to draw new mischief on.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Duke), Act I, Scene II

291. Veracity is the heart of morality.

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)

Science and Culture,
Universities Actual and Ideal

292. Men are valued not for what they are, but what they seem to be.

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

Money (Sir John Vesey), Act I, Scene I

293. How sour sweet music is,
When time is broke, and no proportion kept!
So is it in the music of men’s lives.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard II (Richard), Act V, Scene V

294. One sickly sheep infects the flock,
And poisons all the rest.

Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Songs for Children, XXI