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Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of read more
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.