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. A foole I doe him firmely hold,
That loves his fetters, though they were of gold.

Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)

Faerie Queene, Bk III, Can. IX, St. 8

2. If Jove stray, who dares say, Jove doth ill ?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Pericles (Pericles), Act I, Scene I

3. My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

David Copperfield (Mr Micawber), Ch. XII

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