Proverbial Wisdom

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

187. Grief should be the instructor of the wise ;
Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most
Must mourn the deepest o’er the fatal truth,
The Tree of Knowledge is not that of life.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

Manfred, Act I, Scene I

188. He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude, and enjoy himself independent of its favour.

Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)

Spectator, No. 554

189. Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Scenes from Clerical Life. Janet’s Repentance

190. Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act III, Scene II

191. For thre may kepe a counsel — if twain be awaie.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

The Ten Commandments of Love, 49

192. Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most, always like it the least.

Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773)

Letter to his Son, 29th January, 1748