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.
331. It is one thing to shew a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth.
Essay on the Human Understanding, Bk IV, Ch VII, §11
332. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Essay L, On Studies
333. One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene V
334. A man’s disposition is never well known till he be crossed.
Advancement of Learning, Bk II
335. It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies — seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.
Lacon, CCLXXXVI
336.
’Tis better to have loved and lost,
Than never to have loved at all.
In Memoriam, XXVII