{"id":571,"date":"2007-03-15T16:56:09","date_gmt":"2007-03-16T00:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=571"},"modified":"2007-07-29T09:57:28","modified_gmt":"2007-07-29T17:57:28","slug":"more-proverbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=571","title":{"rendered":"More Proverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the spirit of an older post<\/a>, here are some familiar quotations made unfamiliar. How many can you guess? I’ve made it easy this time by adding a hint in parentheses.<\/p>\n

1. Predominant attentions remember equally. (4 words)<\/p>\n

2. Gaze in wonder quicker than you pass abruptly from one state to another. (4 words)<\/p>\n

3. Conformity to a standard of right is its own recompense. (5 words)<\/p>\n

4. Occupy a home and gain knowledge by experience. (3 words)<\/p>\n

5. My parties given by friends who bring gifts of a particular kind give birth to May’s best part. (5 words)<\/p>\n

6. The most productive of good matters of concern in human activities are not fastened. (7 words)<\/p>\n

7. Don’t impose the whole extent of your persons in one receptacle made of interwoven material. (8 words)<\/p>\n

8. Make resting worthless people have direction. (4 words)<\/p>\n

9. Absence of ceremony engenders lack of respect. (3 words)<\/p>\n

10. One more than one in number violations of the legal rights of another do not carry out a true account or correct interpretation. (6 or 7 words)<\/p>\n

Bonus points if you solve the unsolved ones from the older post, too.<\/p>\nShare this post:

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In the spirit of an older post, here are some familiar quotations made unfamiliar. How many can you guess? I’ve made it easy this time by adding a hint in parentheses. 1. Predominant attentions remember equally. (4 words) 2. Gaze in wonder quicker than you pass abruptly from one state to another. (4 words) 3. Conformity to a standard of right is its own recompense. (5 words) 4. Occupy a home and gain knowledge by experience. (3 words) 5. My…<\/p>\n

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