Proverbial Wisdom

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

271. Read Homer once, and you can read no more,
For all books else appear so mean, and poor;
Verse will seem prose; but still persist to read,
And Homer will be all the books you need.

John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1648-1721)

Essay on Poetry

272. There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Julius Caesar (Brutus), Act IV, Scene III

273. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.

Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773)

Letter to his Son. 6th Nov., 1747

274. Some falsehood mingles with all truth.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

The Golden Legend, IV

275. Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men’s power to be agreeable.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Thoughts on Various Subjects

276. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

The Bible

Matthew 6:34