ProverbWisdomEnglish origin

He that pryeth into every cloud, may be stricken with a thunder-bolt.

Meaning: Excessive curiosity about dangerous or forbidden matters invites the very harm one seeks to understand.

Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.

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