Proverbial Wisdom

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

49. Better not do the deed than weep it done.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Henry and Emma

50. A burthen’d conscience
Will never need a hangman.

Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625)

Laws of Candy (Cassilane), Act V, Scene I

51. An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773)

Letter to his Son, 9th October, 1746

52. How sour sweet music is,
When time is broke, and no proportion kept!
So is it in the music of men’s lives.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard II (Richard), Act V, Scene V

53. When the cat’s away, the mice will play.

Old Proverb

54. He that fights and runs away
May live to fight another day.

Sir John Mennis (1599-1671)

Musarum Deliciae