Proverbial Wisdom

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

349. To judge wisely I suppose we must know how things appear to the unwise.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Daniel Deronda, Bk IV, Chap. XXIX

350. An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773)

Letter to his Son, 9th October, 1746

351. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

Old Proverb

352. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Poor Richard’s Almanac

353. Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.

William Hazlitt (1778-1830)

Political Essays, On the Clerical Character

354. Be proud of those strong sons of thine
Who wrenched their rights from thee!

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

England and America