Proverbial Wisdom

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

79. Ignorance is a blank sheet on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one on which we must first erase.

Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)

Lacon, I

80. He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Comedy of Errors (Dromio), Act IV, Scene III

81. Be England what she will,
With all her faults, she is my country still.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

The Farewell, line 27

82. One murder made a villain;
Millions a hero. Princes were privileg’d
To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.

Beilby Porteus (1731-1809)

Death, line 155 (speaking of how war came into the world)

83. Some falsehood mingles with all truth.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

The Golden Legend, IV

84. Let’s fear no storm before we feel a show’r.

Michael Drayton (1563-1631)

The Baron’s Wars, Bk III, LV