Exercises

Proverbial Wisdom

Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.

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The sayings in this puzzle are taken randomly from a list of 750 proverbial sayings.

Note: Many of these proverbs and quotations are in archaic English, and neither grammar nor spelling has been modernised.

1. The best of men have ever loved repose.

James Thomson (1700-1748)

The Castle of Indolence, I, line 17

2. None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.

Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)

Lacon, XL

3. I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Iago), Act I, Scene I

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