Proverbial Wisdom

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

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

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Essay L, On Studies

740. You must cut your coat according to your cloth.

Old Proverb

741. The love of money is the root of all evil.

The Bible

1 Timothy 6:10

742. Faint is the bliss, that never past thro’ pain.

Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

Love in a Riddle (Iphis), Act III, Scene II

743. In political discussion heat is in inverse proportion to knowledge.

James George Cotton Minchin (1851-1933)

The Growth of Freedom in the
Balkan Peninsula, p. 127

744. Learning by study must be won,
’Twas ne’er entailed from son to son.

John Gay (1685-1732)

Fable XI, Pt II