Proverbial Wisdom

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

523. A beauty masked, like the sun in eclipse,
Gathers together more gazers than if it shined out.

William Wycherley (1641-1716)

The Country Wife (Alithea), Act III, Scene I

524. When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice, in a contemptible struggle.

Edmund Burke (1730-1797)

On the Present Discontents

525. More liberty begets desire of more;
The hunger still increases with the store.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

The Hind and the Panther, Pt I, line 519

526. Genius, like all heavenly light,
Can blast as well as bless the sight.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838)

Stanzas to the Author of Mont Blanc

527. Great talkers are never great doers.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)

Blurt, Master-Constable (Third Lady), Act Scene I

528. Your evidence was lame:— proceed:
Come, help your lame dog o’er the stile.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Poems, Upon the Horrid Plot etc. (Whig and Tory)