Proverbial Wisdom

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

571. Labour is but refreshment from repose.

James Montgomery (1771-1854)

Greenland, Can. 11

572. If thou wilt go seek for a thief, no wonder if thou be robbed.

Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

Christian Ethics

573. Half the sorrows of women would be averted if they could repress the speech they know to be useless — nay, the speech they have resolved not to utter.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Felix Holt

574. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.

575. There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Merchant of Venice (Bassanio), Act III,
Scene II

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

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

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