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. There never was a good war or a bad peace.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Letter to Quincy, 11th Sept., 1773

2. They only babble who practise not reflection.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

Pizarro (Elvira), Act I, Scene I

3. Necessity never made a good bargain.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Poor Richard’s Almanac

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