Proverbial Wisdom

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

403. Let us not burden our remembrance with
An heaviness that’s gone.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Tempest (Prospero), Act V, Scene I

404. He that mounts him on the swiftest hope,
Shall often run his courser to a stand.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III (King Henry), Act I,
Scene I

405. When ingratitude barbs the dart of injury, the wound has double danger in it.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

The School for Scandal (Jos. Surface), Act IV, Scene III

406. He pays the half who does confess the debt.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 226

407. 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

408. Men’s words are ever bolder than their deeds.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

Piccolomini, Act I, Scene IV