Thursday, May 05, 2005
Words of Wisdom
We talked today about how wise sayings (epigrams and aphorisms) often use parallelism for rhetorical effect:
“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.”
-Samuel Johnson
Then we tried writing some of our own. Coming to a fortune cookie near you!
“Love without perfect trust is love without perfect joy.”
-Cara D.
“Revenge may be sweet, but forgiveness brings joy.”
-Nathanael K.
“True friends have been there in the past, and will be there in the future.”
-Misty G.
“It takes a man to seek out revenge; it takes a hero to turn the other cheek.”
-Dave K.
Earlier: We re-wrote famous aphorisms to make them better or worse.
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