Proverbial Wisdom

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

727. The better wit is, the more dangerous is it.

Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)

Imaginary Conversations. Middleton and Magliabecchi

728. Rich, beyond the dreams of avarice.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

As recorded in James Boswell’s ‘Life of Johnson’

729. What should they know of England who only England know?

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

The English Flag

730. Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard II (Bolingbroke), Act II, Sc. III

731. Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Criticism, Pt II, line 133

732. Ill news hath wings, and with the wind doth go;
Comfort’s a cripple, and comes ever slow.

Michael Drayton (15631631)

The Baron’s Wars, Bk II, XXVIII