Proverbial Wisdom

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

523. No quality will get a man more friends than a disposition to admire the qualities of others.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Life of Johnson

524. Our deeds still travel with us from afar,
And what we have been makes us what we are.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Middlemarch, Ch. LXX, head lines

525. ’Tis better to have loved and lost,
Than never to have loved at all.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

In Memoriam, XXVII

526. Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Every Man Out of his Humour (Carlo Buffone),
Act II, Scene II

527. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Twelfth Night (Malvolio, Letter), Act II, Scene V

528. One sickly sheep infects the flock,
And poisons all the rest.

Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Songs for Children, XXI