Proverbs and sayings: with which of the two can you conjugate the verbs that are in it?

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Dear Jonathan

Both proverbs and sayings express a certain wisdom of life. While proverbs do this in a concise and unchanging form, sayings can change slightly. For example, ‘The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree’ is a proverb, but ‘give it up’ is a saying. In the latter case, both the subject and the verb can change form: ‘I give up’, ‘You give up’, ‘You will give up’, etc. I hope you have a You are a good student and will not give up too quickly. If you look a bit like your mom or dad in that way, then the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree…