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.
An Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
George Chapman (1559-1634)
Alphonsus: Emperor of Germany (Collen), Act I.
2.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
3. The brain may devise laws for the blood; but a hot temper leaps o’er a cold decree!
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
The Merchant of Venice (Portia), Act I, Scene II
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