Proverbial Wisdom

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

157. The nightingale, if she should sing by day,
When every goose is cackling, would be thought
No better a musician than the wren.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Merchant of Venice (Portia), Act V, Scene I

158. Many little leaks may sink a ship.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

Holy and Profane States; Holy State: The Good Servant.

159. Need hath no law.

William Langland (?1332-?1386)

Piers the Plowman, Passus XXIII, line 10

160. 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

161. ’Tis not the fight that crowns but the end.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 341

162. Great talkers are never great doers.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)

Blurt, Master-Constable (Third Lady), Act Scene I