Proverbial Wisdom

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

409. Weariness
Can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Cymbeline (Belarius), Act III, Scene VI

410. Courage scorns the death it cannot shun.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

The Conquest of Granada, Pt II (Almanzar), Act IV, Scene II

411. Maken vertue of necessite.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

The Knight’s Tale, line 3044

412. Men’s behaviour should be like their apparell, not too strait, or point device, but free for exercise or motion.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Essay LII, Of Ceremonies and Respects

413. Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Romola, Bk III, Ch. XLVIII

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

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Adam Bede (Mrs Poyser)