Proverbial Wisdom

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

373. To be a fine gentleman is to be a generous and a brave man.

Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)

The Spectator, No. 75

374. Lawyers are always more ready to get a man into troubles than out of them.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

The Good-Natured Man (Garnet), Act III

375. The colt that’s back’d and burden’d being young, Loseth his pride, and never waxeth strong.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Venus and Adonis, St. 70

376. You cannot get blood out of a stone.

Old Proverb

377. Rest springs from strife, and dissonant chords beget Divinest harmonies.

Lewis Morris (1833-1907)

Songs of Two Worlds. Love’s Suicide

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

John Bunyan (1628-1688)

Pilgrim’s Progress (Interpreter), Book I