Proverbial Wisdom

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

679. Maken vertue of necessite.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

The Knight’s Tale, line 3044

680. History is Philosophy teaching by examples.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751)

On the Study and Use of History, Letter II

681. Hot love soon colde.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. II

682. Virtue’s its own reward.

Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726)

The Provoked Wife (Lady Brute), Act I, Scene I

683. In Folly’s cup still laughs the bubble, Joy.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Man, Ep. II, line 288

684. Industry is a loadstone to draw all good things.

Robert Burton (1577-1640)

Anatomy of Melancholy. Democritus to the Reader.