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. He who has the truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.

John Ruskin (1819-1900)

The Stones of Venice, Infidelitas, §99.

2. Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.

Samuel Butler (1613-1680)

Hudibras, Pt I, Can. I, line 885

3. Philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an errant jade on a journey.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

The Good-Natured Man (Jarvis), Act I

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