Proverbial Wisdom

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

367. He makes a foe who makes a jest.

John Gay (1685-1732)

Fables, Pt. I, XLVI

368. He that thinks with more extent than another, will want words of larger meaning.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

The Idler, No. 70

369. Small things make base men proud.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act IV, Scene I

370. Opinion governs all mankind,
Like the blind’s leading of the blind.

Samuel Butler (1613-1680)

Miscellaneous Thoughts, line 269

371. A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

The Grandmother, VIII

372. ’Tis not the fight that crowns but the end.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 341