Proverbial Wisdom

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

115. Let us not burden our remembrance with
An heaviness that’s gone.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Tempest (Prospero), Act V, Scene I

116. If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

The Mill on the Floss (Maggie), Bk VI, Ch. XIV

117. Not to put too fine a point upon it.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Bleak House (Mr Snagsby), Chap. XI

118. Poison itself is a remedy in some diseases, and there is nothing so evil but what may be converted to purposes of good.

Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665)

The Broad Stone of Honour. Godefridus, XII

119. He is not worthy of the honey-comb,
Who shuns the hives because the bees have stings.

Anonymous (1595)

Locrine (Hubba), Act III, Scene II

120. Throw no gift againe the giver’s head;
For better is halfe a lofe than no bread.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. XI