Proverbial Wisdom

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

565. What signifies a few foolish angry words? they don’t break bones, nor give black eyes.

George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628-1687)

The Militant Couple (Bellair)

566. A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

Robert Burton (1577-1640)

Anatomy of Melancholy, Part I, Section II, Member IV

567. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

Old Proverb

568. Progress is
The law of life, man is not man as yet.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Paracelsus, V

569. Faint heart faire lady ne’er could win.

Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650)

Brittain’s Ida, Can. V, St. I

570. Necessity is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)

Speech on the Indian Bill. Nov. 1783