Proverbial Wisdom

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

517. One minute gives invention to destroy; what to rebuild, will a whole age employ.

William Congreve (1670-1729)

The Double Dealer (Maskwell), Act I, Scene VI

518. Birds of a feather will gather together.

Old Proverb

519. Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Criticism, Pt II, line 133

520. Time, place, and action, may with pains be wrought,
But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

Letter X. To Congreve, on the Double Dealer

521. What cannot be eschew’d, must be embrac’d.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Merry Wives of Windsor (Page), Act V, Scene V

522. How were pity understood
Unless by pain?

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Parleyings with Certain People: Francis Farini