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. More childish valourous than manly wise.

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)

Tamburlaine the Great, Pt II (Calyphas), Act IV,
Scene I

2. Labour is but refreshment from repose.

James Montgomery (1771-1854)

Greenland, Can. 11

3. I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Othello (Iago), Act I, Scene I

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