Proverbial Wisdom

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

253. 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)

254. In political discussion heat is in inverse proportion to knowledge.

James George Cotton Minchin (1851-1933)

The Growth of Freedom in the
Balkan Peninsula, p. 127

255. I mean not to run with the Hare and holde with the
Hounde.

John Lyly (?1553-1606)

Euphues, Euphues to Philautus

256. 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

257. Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow’s sun to thee may never rise.

William Congreve (1670-1729)

Letter to Cobham

258. Those who believe a thing make others believe most.

Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)

Imaginary Conversations, Peter Leopold and
President Du Patey