Interesting Things for ESL Students
Commonly-Used Proverbs - Page 15 Proverbs are well-known short sayings.
By Charles I. Kelly & Lawrence E. Kelly

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1. True love ___ grows old.
   Answer never

2. Trust is the mother ___ deceit.
   Answer of

3. Turn the ___ cheek.
   Answer other

4. Two heads are ___ than one.
   Answer better

5. Two is company, ___ is a crowd.
   Answer three

6. Two wrongs do not ___ a right.
   Answer make

7. United we ___, divided we fall.
   Answer stand

8. Variety is the spice of ___.
   Answer life

9. Virtue is its ___ reward.
   Answer own

10. Walls ___ ears.
    Answer have

11. Waste not, ___ not.
    Answer want

12. What you don't know ___ hurt you.
    Answer can't

13. When in doubt, ___ nothing.
    Answer do

14. When in Rome, do as the ___ do.
    Answer Romans

15. When the cat's away, the ___ will play.
    Answer mice

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