Proverbial Wisdom

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

457. Nature and Nature’s laws lay hid in night:
God said, ‘Let Newton be!’ and all was light.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Epitaph intended for Sir Isaac Newton

458. The bad man’s cunning still prepares the way
For its own outwitting.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

Zapolya, Sc. I

459. ’Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus,
Another thing to fall.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Sc. I

460. Unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt I (Bedford), Act II, Scene II

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

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Alma, Can. II, line 22

462. Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty, but beauty cannot long supply the absence of good nature.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

Spectator, No. 306