Proverbial Wisdom

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

511. Many little leaks may sink a ship.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

Holy and Profane States; Holy State: The Good Servant.

512. The pen is mightier than the sword.

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

Richelieu (Richelieu), Act II, Scene II

513. Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Criticism, Pt III, line 574

514. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)

Essays, State Tamperings with Money and Banks

515. Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions.

Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832)

Ethical Philosophy

516. At lover’s perjuries,
They say, Jove laughs.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Act II, Scene II