Proverbial Wisdom
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
889. Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
The Tempest (Trinculo), Act II, Scene II
890. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Essay L, On Studies
891. How much lies in laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher the whole man.
Sartor Resartus, Bk I, Ch. V
892. Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
The Virtuous Lady. Of Books
893. Swift instinct leaps; slow Reason feebly climbs.
Night Thoughts, Night VII, line 82
894. We look before and after, and pine for what is not.
Ode to a Skylark