Proverbial Wisdom

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

259. In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

The Bible

Proverbs 11:14

260. Love stoops, as fondly as he soars.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Poems of the Fancy, XVIII.

261. Beauties are tyrants, and if they can reign
They have no feeling for their subject’s pain;
Their victim’s anguish gives their charms applause,
And their chief glory is the woe they cause.

George Crabbe (1754-1832)

The Patron

262. Never make a defence or apology before you be accused.

King Charles I (1600-1649)

Letter to Lord Wentworth

263. Some falsehood mingles with all truth.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

The Golden Legend, IV

264. An open foe may prove a curse,
But a pretended friend is worse.

John Gay (1685-1732)

Fables, Pt I, Fable XVII