Proverbial Wisdom

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

589. Example is the lesson that all men can read.

Gilbert West (1703-1756)

Education, Can. I, LXXXI

590. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

The Bible

Proverbs 15:17

591. All hoods make not monks.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VIII (Queen Katharine), Act III, Scene I

592. The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)

Vanity Fair, Chap. II

593. Philosophy will clip an Angel’s wings,
Conquer all mysteries by rule and line,
Empty the haunted air, the gnomèd mine —
Unweave a rainbow.

John Keats (1795-1821)

Lamia, II

594. We have scotch’d the snake, not kill’d it.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Macbeth (Macbeth), Act III, Scene II