Proverbial Wisdom

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

103. Never less alone than when alone.

Samuel Rogers (1763-1855)

Human Life

104. Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.

John Milton (1608-1674)

Paradise Lost, Bk IX, line 171

105. He, with lib’ral and enlarged mind,
Who loves his country, cannot hate mankind.

Charles Churchill (1732-1764)

The Farewell, line 301

106. Things past recovery
Are hardly cured with exclamations.

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)

The Jew of Malta (Barabbas), Act I, Scene II

107. Small things make base men proud.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act IV, Scene I

108. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)

Essays, State Tamperings with Money and Banks