Proverbs


See if you can fill in the missing words for each of the proverbs below:
For example, C. K. the C. would be
Curiosity killed the Cat.

  1. All R. L. to R.
    (This is similar to: All dirt roads lead to West Virginia...)
  2. G. is O. P. I. and N.-N. P. P.
    (This is a saying of Thomas Edison)

  3. Y. can't G. H. A.
    (This is the title of a novel by Thomas Wolfe)
  4. An A. a D. K. the D. A.

  5. D. J. a B. by its C.
  6. B. of a F. F. T.

  7. The B. S. H.
    (President Truman had this sign on his desk)
  8. The C. of T. L. N. did R. S.
    (From A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare)

  9. F. R. in W. A. F. to T.
    (In Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Criticism")
  10. E. to B. and E. to R. M. a M. H., W., and W.
    (From Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack)

  11. E., D. and B. M. for T. W. D.
    (From Isaiah 22:13 and Luke 12:19, also Dave Matthews)
  12. I. is B.

  13. L. is S.; A. is L.
    (translated from the Latin by Chaucer)
  14. M. D. N. L. by B. A.
    (Moses in the book of Exodus)

  15. G. F. M. G. N.
    (by Robert Frost in "Mending Wall")
  16. N. M. C. S. T. M.
    (Jesus in the Gospels)


Answer Key:
1) All Roads Lead to Rome
2) Genius is One Percent Inspiration and Ninety-Nine Percent Perspiration
3) You Can't Go Home Again
4) An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

5) Don't Judge a Book by its Cover
6) Birds of a Feather Flock Together
7) The Buck Stops Here
8) The Course of True Love Never did Run Smooth

9) Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear to Tread
10) Early to Bed and Early to Rise makes a Man Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
11) Eat, Drink, and Be Merry for Tomorrow We Die
12) Ignorance is Bliss

13) Life is Short; Art is Long
14) Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone
15) Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
16) No Man Can Serve Two Masters

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