Proverbial Wisdom

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

247. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

Old Proverb

248. Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.

The Bible

Proverbs 25:17

249. Learning teacheth more in one year than experience in twenty.

Roger Ascham (1515-1568)

The Schoolmaster

250. One murder made a villain;
Millions a hero. Princes were privileg’d
To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.

Beilby Porteus (1731-1809)

Death, line 155 (speaking of how war came into the world)

251. Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes
Lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes:
Antiquity and birth are needless here; ’Tis impudence and money makes a peer.

Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)

The True-born Englishman, Pt I

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

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

The Ten Commandments of Love, 49