Proverbial Wisdom

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

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

John Lyly (?1553-1606)

Euphues, Euphues to Philautus

290. Fore-warn’d, fore-arm’d.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

The Drummer (Abigail), Act IV, Scene I

291. No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.

Adam Smith (1723-1790)

The Wealth of Nations, Bk I, Ch. VIII

292. How happy could I be with either,
Were t’ other dear charmer away!

John Gay (1685-1732)

The Beggars’ Opera (Mac heath sings), Act II,
Scene II

293. To follow foolish precedents and wink
With both our eyes, is easier than to think.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

Tirocinium

294. There swims no goose so grey, but soon or late
She finds some honest gander for her mate.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

The Wife of Bath, line 98