Proverbial Wisdom

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

409. ’Tis when the wound is stiffening with the cold,
The warrior first feels pain; ’tis when the heat
And fiery fever of the soul is past,
The sinner feels remorse.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

The Monastery, Chap. XXIII

410. Maken vertue of necessite.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

The Knight’s Tale, line 3044

411. Count not your chickens before they be hatch’d.

Old Proverb

412. Manners makyth man.

William of Wykeham (1324-1404)

Motto. Wykeham was Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England

413. Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps,
And pyramids are pyramids in vales.

Edward Young (1683-1765)

Night Thoughts, Night VI, line 309

414. Our hours in Love have wings; in absence, crutches.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Xerxes (Tamira), Act IV, Scene III