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C O N F L I C T I N G   P R O V E R B S

C H O O S E   T H E   C O R R E C T   A N S W E R

1.

__________     The best things come in small packages.
A) What will be, will be. C) The bigger, the better.
B) Knowledge is power. D) With age comes wisdom.

2.

__________     Life is what you make it.
A) Look before you leap. C) A silent man is a wise one.
B) The more, the merrier. D) What will be, will be.

3.

__________     Don't judge a book by its cover.
A) Look before you leap. C) A silent man is a wise one.
B) Clothes make the man. D) The bigger, the better.

4.

__________     He who hesitates is lost.
A) A silent man is a wise one. C) Look before you leap.
B) What will be, will be. D) The more, the merrier.

5.

__________     Out of sight, out of mind.
A) Absence makes the heart grow fonder. C) The bigger, the better.
B) What will be, will be. D) A silent man is a wise one.

6.

__________     A man without words is a man without thoughts.
A) Clothes make the man. C) A silent man is a wise one.
B) Look before you leap. D) The bigger, the better.

7.

__________     Two's company; three's a crowd.
A) The more, the merrier. C) What will be, will be.
B) With age comes wisdom. D) Clothes make the man.









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