Proverbial Wisdom

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

541. Ill news hath wings, and with the wind doth go;
Comfort’s a cripple, and comes ever slow.

Michael Drayton (15631631)

The Baron’s Wars, Bk II, XXVIII

542. There is truth in falsehood, falsehood in truth.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

A Soul’s Tragedy , Act II

543. But the age of chivalry is gone.
That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.

Edmund Burke (1730-1797)

Reflections on the French Revolution

544. Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Silas Marner (Nancy), Chap. XVIII

545. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice:
Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III

546. All who joy would win
Must share it, — Happiness was born a twin.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

Don Juan, Can. II, St. 172