Proverbial Wisdom

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

691. Genius, like all heavenly light,
Can blast as well as bless the sight.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838)

Stanzas to the Author of Mont Blanc

692. Second thoughts are best.

Old Proverb

693. Look ere ye leape.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk. I., Ch. II.

694. We have scotch’d the snake, not kill’d it.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Macbeth (Macbeth), Act III, Scene II

695. Reading is seeing by proxy.

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)

The Study of Sociology, Ch. XV

696. Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

The Mill on the Floss, Bk IV, Ch. III