Proverbial Wisdom

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

409. Pride,
Howe’er disguised in its own majesty,
Is littleness.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Poems Written in Youth, VII

410. That which we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it ; but being lack’d and lost,
Why, then we rack the value, then we find
The virtue that possession would not show us.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Much Ado about Nothing (Friar), Act IV, Scene I

411. Lernyng wythout vertue ys pernycyouse and pestylent.

Thomas Starkey (?1495-1538)

England in the Reign of Henry VIII, Bk II, Ch. III

412. Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old;
It is the rust we value, not the gold.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Imitations of Horace, Bk II, Ep. I

413. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

The Bible

Matthew 6:34

414. What should they know of England who only England know?

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

The English Flag