Proverbial Wisdom

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

583. Gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man that mocks at it and sets it light.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard II (Gaunt), Act I, Scene III

584. Were beauty under twenty locks kept fast,
Yet love breaks through, and picks them all at last.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Venus and Adonis, 96

585. To follow foolish precedents and wink
With both our eyes, is easier than to think.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

Tirocinium

586. For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth: Nor is any poison so deadly, that it serveth not some wholesome use.

Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810-1889)

Proverbial Philosophy, Of Truth in Things False, 3

587. ’Tis not enough to help the feeble up,
But to support him after.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Timon of Athens (Timon), Act I, Scene I

588. He that will use all winds, must shift his sail.

John Fletcher (1579-1625)

The Faithful Shepherdess (Chloe), Act III,
Scene III