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. Contempt of fame begets contempt of virtue.
Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
Sejanus (Tiberius), Act I, Scene II
2. Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.
Joseph Hall (1574-1656)
Christian Moderation. Introduction.
3.
Repentance clothes in grass and flowers
The grave in which the past is laid.
John Sterling (1806-1844)
The Penitent
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