Proverbial Wisdom

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

43. The course of true love never did run smooth.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander), Act I, Scene I

44. Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

William Congreve (1670-1729)

The Mourning Bride (Zara), Act III, Scene VIII

45. Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. XI

46. Not to put too fine a point upon it.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Bleak House (Mr Snagsby), Chap. XI

47. Hard is the task of justice, where distress
Excites our mercy, yet demands redress.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

The Heroick Daughter (King), Act III, last lines

48. Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)

Science and Culture,
The Coming of Age of the Origin of Species