Proverbial Wisdom

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

739. Courage scorns the death it cannot shun.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

The Conquest of Granada, Pt II (Almanzar), Act IV, Scene II

740. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

The Bible

Matthew 23:24

741. Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Silas Marner (Nancy), Chap. XVIII

742. If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV., Pt. I. (Prince Henry), Act I., Scene II.

743. You can’t judge a horse by the harness.

Old Proverb

744. Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)

Science and Culture,
The Coming of Age of the Origin of Species