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. Courage scorns the death it cannot shun.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

The Conquest of Granada, Pt II (Almanzar), Act IV, Scene II

2. He jests at scars, that never felt a wound.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Act II, Scene II

3. Life has no path so short as to renown !

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

King Arthur, Bk XII, CLXI

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