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.
301. Knowledge is power.
Meditationes Sacra, De Haeresibus
302.
Pride goeth before destruction,
And an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18
303.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice:
Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
304. Repentance is a pitiful scoundrel, that never brought back a single yesterday.
The Road to Ruin (Harry Dornton), Act II,
Scene II
305. For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth: Nor is any poison so deadly, that it serveth not some wholesome use.
Proverbial Philosophy, Of Truth in Things False, 3
306. Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things.
Discoveries