Proverbial Wisdom

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

727. The brave
Die never. Being deathless, they but change
Their country’s arms, for more, their country’s heart.

Philip James Bailey (1816-1902)

Festus (Festus), V

728. Some bookes are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Essay L, Of Studies

729. Eke wonder last but nine daies never in town.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

Troilus and Cresseide

730. Either sex alone
Is half itself and in true marriage lies
Nor equal, nor unequal.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

The Princess, VII

731. That which in mean men we entitle patience,
Is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard II (Duchess of Gloster), Act I, Scene II

732. For thre may kepe a counsel — if twain be awaie.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

The Ten Commandments of Love, 49