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. ’Tis not what man Does which exalts him,
But what man Would do!

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Saul, XVIII

2. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

Old Proverb

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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