Proverbial Wisdom

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

337. What though youth gave love and roses.
Age still leaves us friends and wine.

Thomas Moore (1779-1852)

Spring and Autumn

338. What’s gone, and what’s past help,
Should be past grief.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

A Winter’s Tale (Paulina), Act III, Scene II

339. Who has not known ill fortune, never knew
Himself or his own virtue.

James Thomson (1700-1748)

Alfred, Act I, Scene I

340. True friendship’s laws are by this rule expressed,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Homer’s Odyssey, Bk XV, line 83

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

The Bible

Matthew 15:14

342. What’s in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other name would smell as sweet.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Act II, Scene II