Proverbial Wisdom

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

433. He’s half absolv’d who has confessed.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Alma, Can. II, line 22

434. Who reproves the lame, must go upright.

Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)

Civil War, Bk III, X

435. ’Tis the taught already that profits by teaching.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Christmas Eve, No. IV

436. Do the duty that lies nearest thee; which thou knowest to be a duty. The second duty will already become clearer.

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

Sartor Resartus, Bk II, Ch. IX

437. In fair virtue’s heavenly road,
The cottage leaves the palace far behind.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

The Cotter’s Saturday Night

438. No quality will get a man more friends than a disposition to admire the qualities of others.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Life of Johnson