Proverbial Wisdom

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

439. That’s a bad sort of eddication as make folks unreasonable.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Scenes from Clerical Life. Amos Barton (Mr Hackit)

440. There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

As recorded by James Boswell in his ‘Life of Johnson’

441. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

The Bible

Proverbs 15:13

442. Fast bind, fast find.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Merchant of Venice (Shylock), Act II, Scene V

443. Second thoughts are best.

Old Proverb

444. Opinion governs all mankind,
Like the blind’s leading of the blind.

Samuel Butler (1613-1680)

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