Proverbial Wisdom

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

349. Walls have ears.

William Wycherley (1641-1716)

Love in a Wood (Gripe), Act III., Scene III..

350. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Iago), Act II, Scene III

351. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

John Bunyan (1628-1688)

Pilgrim’s Progress (Interpreter), Book I

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

The Bible

Matthew 15:14

353. One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

Old Mortality, Ch. XXXIV

354. How were pity understood
Unless by pain?

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Parleyings with Certain People: Francis Farini