Proverbial Wisdom

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

451. 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.

452. Alas! we make
A ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,
But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolves
Look down upon our slumbering acts.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838)

A History of the Lyre

453. Two heads are better than one.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. IX

454. But the age of chivalry is gone.
That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.

Edmund Burke (1730-1797)

Reflections on the French Revolution

455. It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.

Bishop Thomas Wilson (1663-1755)

Maxims, 303.

456. Guiltiness will speak
Though tongues were out of use.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Iago), Act V, Scene I