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 brave
Die never. Being deathless, they but change
Their country’s arms, for more, their country’s heart.

Philip James Bailey (1816-1902)

Festus (Festus), V

2. If trod upon, a worm
Will turn again.

Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) and William Rowley (?1585-1626)

The Spanish Gipsy (Constanza), Act V, Scene I

3. Some bookes are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

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