Proverbial Wisdom

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

421. He that will have cake out of the wheat, must tarry the grinding.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Troilus and Cressida (Pandarus), Act I, Scene I

422. When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice, in a contemptible struggle.

Edmund Burke (1730-1797)

On the Present Discontents

423. A beauty masked, like the sun in eclipse,
Gathers together more gazers than if it shined out.

William Wycherley (1641-1716)

The Country Wife (Alithea), Act III, Scene I

424. A custom
More honour’d in the breach than the observance.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene IV

425. How hard it is for women to keep counsel.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Julius Caesar (Portia), Act II, Scene IV

426. The cottage is sure to suffer for every error of the court, the cabinet, or the camp.

Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)

Lacon, V