Proverbial Wisdom

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

553. Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

The Virtuous Lady. Of Books

554. Speak not in the hearing of a fool;
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

The Bible

Proverbs 23:9

555. A man must serve his time to ev’ry trade
Save censure — critics all are ready made.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers

556. A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man.

William Hazlitt (1778-1830)

Political Essays: On Court Influence

557. The world agrees,
That he writes well who thinks with ease;
Then he, by sequel logical,
Writes best who never thinks at all.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Epistle to Fleetwood Shephard

558. Fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Much Ado about Nothing (Conrade), Act III,
Scene III