Scripture, Shakespeare Or Poor Richard?

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    "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."

    • Scripture
    • Shakespeare
    • Ben Franklin
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About This Quiz

America is awash in common sayings and quips. Many of these are derived from Bible verses, lines of Shakespeare's writings, or the many quotables from Ben Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanac." Because the King James Bible is virtually contemperaneous with the advent of Shakespeare's popularity, many people often confuse the source of their "common sense sayings." Many of Ben Franklin's pithy platitudes are also easily confused with the quick jabs of wisdom contained in Proverbs.
The source of one's material is important, however. . . Whose "authority" are you citing?

Scripture, Shakespeare Or Poor Richard? - Quiz

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  • 2. 

    "He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Scripture
    Explanation
    Proverbs 13:34

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  • 3. 

    "This above all: to thine own self be true."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Shakespeare
    Explanation
    "This above all: to thine own self be true"
    Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 3.

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  • 4. 

    "Can one desire too much of a good thing?"

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Shakespeare
    Explanation
    "Can one desire too much of a good thing?"
    As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.

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  • 5. 

    "A wolf in sheep's clothing."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Scripture
    Explanation
    "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves."
    Matthew 7:15

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  • 6. 

    "The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Scripture
    Explanation
    "But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret." Matthew 6:3

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  • 7. 

    "Neither a borrower, nor a lender be."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Shakespeare
    Explanation
    Hamlet. Act I. Sc. III.

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  • 8. 

    "How the mighty have fallen!"

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Scripture
    Explanation
    "How the mighty have fallen!" 2 Samuel 1:19

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  • 9. 

    "Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Scripture
    Explanation
    2 Corinthians 11:14

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  • 10. 

    "Eat, drink and be merry."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Scripture
    Explanation
    Luke 12:19-21 - "And I'll say to myself, 'You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.' But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."

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  • 11. 

    "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Shakespeare
    Explanation
    As You Like It, Act V, Scene I

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  • 12. 

    "A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Ben Franklin
    Explanation
    http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/34290.html

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  • 13. 

    "If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Ben Franklin
    Explanation
    http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/2210.html

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  • 14. 

    "Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Shakespeare
    Explanation
    Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene III

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  • 15. 

    "Forgive and forget."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Shakespeare
    Explanation
    "Pray you now, forget and forgive." King Lear, Act iv. Sc. 7

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  • 16. 

    "What is serving God?  Tis doing good to man."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Ben Franklin
    Explanation
    http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/quotable/singlehtml.htm
    Worth comparing to the Bible, Micah 6:8

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  • 17. 

    "Practice what you preach."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Scripture
    Explanation
    Derived from Matthew 23:3 - "They do not practice what they preach"

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  • 18. 

    "I escaped by the skin of my teeth."

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Scripture
    Explanation
    "All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me. I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth." Job 19:19-20

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  • 19. 

    Who said "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely?" (This is just for fun.  Hint: It's not scripture, Shakespeare OR Ben Franklin...)

    Correct Answer
    Lord Acton
    John Acton
    Baron Acton
    Explanation
    John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, first Baron Acton (1834–1902). The historian and moralist, who was otherwise known simply as Lord Acton, expressed this opinion in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887.

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  • 20. 

    "Who has deceived thee so oft as thyself?"

    • Scripture

    • Shakespeare

    • Ben Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. Ben Franklin
    Explanation
    http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/quotable/singlehtml.htm

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