Proverbial Wisdom

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

889. Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Tempest (Trinculo), Act II, Scene II

890. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Essay L, On Studies

891. How much lies in laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher the whole man.

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)

Sartor Resartus, Bk I, Ch. V

892. Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

The Virtuous Lady. Of Books

893. Swift instinct leaps; slow Reason feebly climbs.

Edward Young (1683-1765)

Night Thoughts, Night VII, line 82

894. We look before and after, and pine for what is not.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

Ode to a Skylark