Proverbial Wisdom

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

403. That evil is half cur’d whose cause we know.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

Gotham, Bk III, line 632

404. What custom hath endear’d
We part with sadly, though we prize it not.

Joanna Baillie (1762-1851)

Basil (Rosmberg), Act I, Scene II

405. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.

406. Whatsoever a man soweth, that also shall he reap.

The Bible

Galatians 6:7

407. Eke wonder last but nine daies never in town.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

Troilus and Cresseide

408. A jest’s prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Love’s Labour Lost (Rosaline), Act V, Sc. II