Proverbial Wisdom
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
On this page you will a find a selection of brief sayings, including short quotations from English literature as well as traditional proverbs. Choose a saying, and try to express the idea in different words as much as you can. In what circumstances might you use this quotation?
Note: Many of these proverbs and quotations are in archaic English, and neither grammar nor spelling has been modernised.
1. What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.
The Wealth of Nations
2. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Odes to Rosa
3.
One sickly sheep infects the flock,
And poisons all the rest.
Songs for Children, XXI
4. When the sunne shineth, make hay.
Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. III
5. No man’s a faithful judge in his own cause.
The Bashful Lover (Alonzo), Act II, Scene VII
6. A brother’s sufferings claim a brother’s pity.
Cato (Marcus), Act I, Scene I