Proverbial Wisdom

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

343. Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in,
Bear’t that the opposed may beware of thee.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III

344. Knowledge is power.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Meditationes Sacra, De Haeresibus

345. Visible governments are the toys of some nations, the diseases of others, the harness of some, the burdens of more.

John Ruskin (1819-1900)

Sesame and Lilies, Lecture I, 42

346. A man may cry Church! Church! at ev’ry word.
With no more piety than other people —
A daw’s not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.

Thomas Hood (1799-1845)

Ode to Rae Wilson Esq.

347. Small things make base men proud.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

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

348. There is truth in falsehood, falsehood in truth.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

A Soul’s Tragedy , Act II