Proverbial Wisdom

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

259. Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Edmund Burke (1730-1797)

On the French Revolution

260. Get place and wealth, if possible with grace;
If not, by any means get wealth and place.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Imitations of Horace, Bk I, Ep. I

261. Love’s a blind guide, and those that follow him too often lose their way.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Woman’s Wit (Emilia), Act I., Scene I.

262. He soonest looseth that despairs to win.

Anonymous (1605)

The Famous History of the Life and Death of
Captain Thomas Stukeley (Wife), line 711

263. We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love another.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Thoughts on Various Subjects

264. Wearing all that weight
Of learning lightly like a flower.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

In Memoriam, CXXXI