Proverbial Wisdom

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

505. Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Thoughts on Various Subjects

506. Maken vertue of necessite.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

The Knight’s Tale, line 3044

507. Trust not him that hath once broken faith.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt III (Queen Elizabeth),
Act IV, Scene IV

508. The drying up a single tear has more
Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

Don Juan, Can. VIII, St. 3

509. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.

510. A man is never too old to learn.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627)

Mayor of Queenborough (Simon), Act V, Scene I