Proverbial Wisdom

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

301. Knowledge is power.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Meditationes Sacra, De Haeresibus

302. Pride goeth before destruction,
And an haughty spirit before a fall.

The Bible

Proverbs 16:18

303. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice:
Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III

304. Repentance is a pitiful scoundrel, that never brought back a single yesterday.

Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809)

The Road to Ruin (Harry Dornton), Act II,
Scene II

305. For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth: Nor is any poison so deadly, that it serveth not some wholesome use.

Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810-1889)

Proverbial Philosophy, Of Truth in Things False, 3

306. Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

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