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. Loathsome canker lies in sweetest bud.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Sonnet, XXXV.

2. If reasons were as plenty as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV, Pt I (Falstaff), Act II, Scene IV

3. Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.

Horace Smith (1779-1849)

Horace in London, Bk II, Ode XV

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