Proverbial Wisdom

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

385. ’Tis good in every cause, you know,
To have two strings unto our bow.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

The Ghost, Bk IV, line 1296

386. Every difficulty yields to the enterprising.

Joseph George Holman (1764-1817)

The Votary of Wealth (Leonard), Act IV., Scene I.

387. For every ‘why’ he had a ‘wherefore’.

Samuel Butler (1613-1680)

Hudibras, Bk Can. I, line 131

388. The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

The Bible

Jeremiah 31:29

389. It follows not, because
The hair is rough, the dog’s a savage one.

James Sheridan Knowles (1784-1862)

The Daughter (Norris), Act I, Scene I

390. O wad some pow’r the giftie gie us
To see ourselves as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An’ foolish notion:
What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us,
And ev’n devotion.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

To a Louse