Proverbial Wisdom

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

397. The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Preface to his Dictionary

398. A brother’s sufferings claim a brother’s pity.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

Cato (Marcus), Act I, Scene I

399. To observations which ourselves we make,
We grow more partial for the observer’s sake.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Moral Essays, Ep. I, line 11

400. It’s ill livin’ in a hen-roost for them as doesn’t like fleas.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Adam Bede (Mrs Poyser)

401. Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.

John Howard Payne (1791-1852)

Song, ‘Home, Sweet Home’. From his Opera, ‘Clari, The Maid of Milan’

402. The simplest pleasures must welcome be
When a friendly hand prepares them.

Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839)

They may talk of scenes that are bright and fair