Ipsa scientia potestas est . Knowledge is power itself. Then write a few lines in response to the saying. Write whatever comes to your mind about the saying. Send a copy of your sententiae to Magistra by email, fax, or snail mail after you have completed each 10 sententiae, so you will need to put the sententia and your comments on paper or a computer file separate from your assignments.
Fortune is blind.
We often see a blindfolded woman dressed as a Greek or Roman woman, who represents fortune. We have the saying that Lady Luck is blind, also . N.B. Note well, pay attention. The main characters will remain the same throughout the chapters as they travel and go about their daily lives. Cornelia is the teenage daughter and this first chapter tells of Cornelia and her friend Flavia enjoying a summer day near the country home of Cornelia's family.