Proverbial Wisdom

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

31. Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Success

32. Who reproves the lame, must go upright.

Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)

Civil War, Bk III, X

33. Life has no path so short as to renown !

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

King Arthur, Bk XII, CLXI

34. Be Britain still to Britain true,
Amang oursel’s united;
For never but by British hands
Maun British wrangs be righted.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

‘Does Haughty Gaul Invasion Threat?’

35. Jesters do oft prove prophets.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

King Lear (Regan), Act V, Scene III

36. Who keeps one end in view, makes all things serve.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

In a Balcony