Proverbial Wisdom

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

517. An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773)

Letter to his Son, 9th October, 1746

518. Talkers are no great doers.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard III (1st Murderer), Act I, Scene III

519. He is as cowardly
That longer fears to live, as he that fears to die.

Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650)

The Purple Island, Can. X, St. VIII

520. England, with all thy faults, I love thee still —
My country! and while yet a nook is left
Where English minds and manners may be found,
Shall be constrain’d to love thee.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

The Task, Bk II, line 206

521. Hope herself ceases to be happiness when impatience companions her.

John Ruskin (1819-1900)

The Ethics of the Dust, The Crystal Orders

522. Not to understand a treasure’s worth
Till time has stol’n away the slighted good,
Is cause of half the poverty we feel.

William Cowper (1731-1800)

The Task, Bk VI, line 50