Proverbial Wisdom

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

451. Speak not in the hearing of a fool;
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

The Bible

Proverbs 23:9

452. Ill news hath wings, and with the wind doth go;
Comfort’s a cripple, and comes ever slow.

Michael Drayton (15631631)

The Baron’s Wars, Bk II, XXVIII

453. All is not gold that glisters.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. X

454. Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead,
Excessive grief the enemy to the living.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

All’s Well that Ends Well (Lafeu), Act I, Scene I

455. God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

Lawrence Sterne (1713-1768)

Sentimental Journey

456. Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Twelfth Night (Clown), Act I, Scene V