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.
127.
Philosophy will clip an Angel’s wings,
Conquer all mysteries by rule and line,
Empty the haunted air, the gnomèd mine —
Unweave a rainbow.
Lamia, II
128. Never gallop Pegasus to death.
To Bolingbroke, Bk I, Ep. I, 14
129. Ignorance is a blank sheet on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one on which we must first erase.
Lacon, I
130. Necessity never made a good bargain.
Poor Richard’s Almanac
131. A chyld were beter to be unbore, than to be untaught.
Lessons of Wysedome for all maner Chyldryn, II
132. When ingratitude barbs the dart of injury, the wound has double danger in it.
The School for Scandal (Jos. Surface), Act IV, Scene III