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. The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to scourge us.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

King Lear (Edgar), Act V, Scene III

2. That which in mean men we entitle patience,
Is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Richard II (Duchess of Gloster), Act I, Scene II

3. He that wold not when he might,
He shall not when he wold-a.

Old Ballad (1609)

The Baffled Knight, or Blow Away the Morning Dew

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