Proverbial Wisdom

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

49. One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.

Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904)

Adzuma, or The Japanese Wife (Sakamune),
Act II, Scene V

50. A good man should and must
Sit rather down with loss, than rise unjust.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Sejanus (Sabinus), Act IV, Scene III

51. Repentance clothes in grass and flowers
The grave in which the past is laid.

John Sterling (1806-1844)

The Penitent

52. Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.

John Milton (1608-1674)

Paradise Lost, Bk IX, line 171

53. More haste than good speed makes many fare the worse.

Anonymous (1569-1570)

The Marriage of Wit and Science (Wit), Act IV, Sc. I

54. To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Romola, Chap. XXXIX