Proverbial Wisdom

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

109. ’Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Success

110. What’s gone, and what’s past help,
Should be past grief.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

A Winter’s Tale (Paulina), Act III, Scene II

111. They who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.

John Gay (1685-1732)

Fables, Pt I, XXXIV

112. A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London.

Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)

The Water Babies, Ch. III

113. Him who ne’er listened to the voice of praise
The silence of neglect can ne’er appal.

James Beattie (1768-1790)

The Minstrel Bk I, St. 2

114. Repentance for past crimes is just and easy;
But sin no more’s a task too hard for mortals.

Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726)

The Relapse (Worthy), Act V, Scene IV