Proverbial Wisdom

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

289. Courage scorns the death it cannot shun.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

The Conquest of Granada, Pt II (Almanzar), Act IV, Scene II

290. The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

The Mill on the Floss, Bk VI, Ch. III

291. Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes
Lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes:
Antiquity and birth are needless here; ’Tis impudence and money makes a peer.

Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)

The True-born Englishman, Pt I

292. Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Romola, Bk III, Ch. XLVIII

293. If thou wilt go seek for a thief, no wonder if thou be robbed.

Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

Christian Ethics

294. He that thinks with more extent than another, will want words of larger meaning.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

The Idler, No. 70