Proverbial Wisdom

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

331. He that will rise to the top of a high ladder must go up, not leap up.

L Machin

The Dumb Knight (Prate), Act I, Scene I

332. ’Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus,
Another thing to fall.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Sc. I

333. Small things make base men proud.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act IV, Scene I

334. If thou would’st be happy, learn to please.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Solomon, Bk II, line 266

335. Great men do not play stage tricks with the doctrines of life and death: only little men do that.

John Ruskin (1819-1900)

Sesame and Lilies, Lecture I, 20

336. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

The Bible

Matthew 15:14