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. What cannot be eschew’d, must be embrac’d.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Merry Wives of Windsor (Page), Act V, Scene V

2. Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Scenes from Clerical Life. Janet’s Repentance

3. He lives long that lives well.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734)

Holy and Profane States. Holy State,
The Good Child

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