 | Francis C. Blessington - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 161 pages
...experience taught, she learn That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime Wisdom; what is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence, And renders us in things that most... | |
 | Melvin Jonah Lasky - Political Science - 752 pages
...experience taught, she learne That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime Wisdom: what is more is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence. It was in this sense that Milton... | |
 | Kenneth M. Weiss, Anne V. Buchanan - Science - 2004 - 560 pages
...experience taught, she learn, That, not to know at large of things remote From use. obscure and subtle; but, to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom: What is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence; And renders us, in things that most... | |
 | Patrick J. Keane - Literary Collections - 2005 - 555 pages
...experience taught, she learn That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom, what is more, is fume, Or emptiness, or fond impertinence. Empty fume, inhaled, dulls the brain,... | |
 | Conduct of life - 2004 - 516 pages
...wise. — Benjamin Franklin Be wise; Soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise. — Philip Massinger To know That which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom. — -John Milton It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well. —... | |
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That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle,; but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom... 
