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.
715.
For when the power of imparting joy
Is equal to the will, the human soul
Requires no other heaven.
Queen Mab, II
716. That only disadvantage of honest hearts, credulity.
Arcadia, Bk II
717.
Be not too rigidly censorious,
A string may jar in the best master’s hand,
And the most skilful archer miss his aim; —
I would not quarrel with a slight mistake.
Art of Poetry (translated from Horace), line 388
718.
Progress is
The law of life, man is not man as yet.
Paracelsus, V
719.
Genius, like all heavenly light,
Can blast as well as bless the sight.
Stanzas to the Author of Mont Blanc
720.
A man may well bring a horse to the water,
But he cannot make him drinke without he will.
Proverbs, Bk I Chap. XI