Proverbial Wisdom

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

667. A chyld were beter to be unbore, than to be untaught.

Symon Simeonis (c. 1322)

Lessons of Wysedome for all maner Chyldryn, II

668. Valour’s whetstone, anger,
Which sets an edge upon the sword, and makes it
Cut with a spirit.

Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)

The Muses’ Looking-Glass (Colax),
Act III, Scene III

669. What’s in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other name would smell as sweet.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Act II, Scene II

670. He that strives not to stem his anger’s tide,
Does a wild horse without a bridle ride.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Love’s Last Shift, Act III, Scene I, last lines

671. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Poor Richard’s Almanac

672. The harder match’d, the greater victory.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt III. (King Edward), Act V, Scene I