Proverbial Wisdom

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

571. Friends are as dangerous as enemies.

Thomas Penson De Quincey (1785-1859)

Essay on Schlosser’s Literary History

572. Who reproves the lame, must go upright.

Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)

Civil War, Bk III, X

573. My poverty but not my will consents.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Romeo and Juliet (Apothecary), Act V, Scene I

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

Old Proverb

575. Cut thy coat according to thy cloth.

John Lyly (?1553-1606)

Euphues and his England

576. No man’s a faithful judge in his own cause.

Philip Massinger (1583-1640)

The Bashful Lover (Alonzo), Act II, Scene VII