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. I beseech you, let his lack of years be no impediment to let him lack a reverend estimation; for I never knew so young a body with so old a head.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Merchant of Venice (the Clerk reads), Act IV, Scene I

2. To bear is to conquer our fate.

Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)

On visiting a Scene in Argyleshire

3. Men cast the blame of their unprosperous acts
Upon the abettors of their weak resolve;
Or anything but their weak guilty selves.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

The Cenci (Orsino), Act V, Scene I

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