Proverbial Wisdom

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

343. ‘Men are more eloquent than women made.’ ‘But women are more powerful to persuade.’

Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)

Amyntas, Prologue

344. Alas! we make
A ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,
But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolves
Look down upon our slumbering acts.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838)

A History of the Lyre

345. They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.

Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)

Arcadia, Bk I

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

The Bible

Proverbs 16:18

347. He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it is a saint; that boasteth of it is a devil.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

Holy and Profane States. Holy State, of Self-Praising

348. Who has not known ill fortune, never knew
Himself or his own virtue.

James Thomson (1700-1748)

Alfred, Act I, Scene I