Proverbial Wisdom

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

25. Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.

John Milton (1608-1674)

Areopagitica

26. For a king ’Tis sometimes better to be fear’d than loved.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

Sardanapalus (Myrrha), Act I, Scene III

27. His heart runs away with his head.

George Colman (1762-1836)

Who Wants a Guinea? (Heartly), Act I, Scene I

28. He that fights and runs away
May live to fight another day.

Sir John Mennis (1599-1671)

Musarum Deliciae

29. Who hears music, feels his solitude
Peopled at once.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Balaustion’s Adventure

30. Better be happie than wise.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk II, Ch. VI