Proverbial Wisdom

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

415. There is truth in falsehood, falsehood in truth.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

A Soul’s Tragedy , Act II

416. He who does evil that good may come, pays a toll to the devil to let him into heaven.

Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834-1903)

Guesses at Truth, Vol. II, p. 213

417. He that strives not to stem his anger’s tide,
Does a wild horse without a bridle ride.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Love’s Last Shift, Act III, Scene I, last lines

418. Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress’d.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

Retirement, line 623

419. Ignorance is a blank sheet on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one on which we must first erase.

Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)

Lacon, I

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

The Bible

Jeremiah 31:29