Proverbial Wisdom

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

493. Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.

John Milton (1608-1674)

Paradise Lost, Bk I, line 648

494. Love’s a blind guide, and those that follow him too often lose their way.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Woman’s Wit (Emilia), Act I., Scene I.

495. He that will not use the rod on his child, his child shall be used as a rod on him.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

Holy and Profane States. Holy State,
The Good Parent.

496. Better a little chiding than a great deal of heart-break.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Merry Wives of Windsor (Mrs Page), Act V,
Scene III

497. They only babble who practise not reflection.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

Pizarro (Elvira), Act I, Scene I

498. Friends are as dangerous as enemies.

Thomas Penson De Quincey (1785-1859)

Essay on Schlosser’s Literary History