The sayings in this puzzle are taken randomly from a list of 750 proverbial sayings.
Note: Many of these proverbs and quotations are in archaic English, and neither grammar nor spelling has been modernised.
1.
A gaudy dress and gentle air
May slightly touch the heart,
But it’s innocence and modesty
That polishes the dart.
Robert Burns (1759-1796)
My Handsome Nell
2. A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
Robert Burton (1577-1640)
Anatomy of Melancholy, Part I, Section II, Member IV
3. Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.
George Eliot (1819-1880)
Silas Marner (Nancy), Chap. XVIII
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