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 lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
The Grandmother, VIII
2. A man’s vanity tells him what is honour, a man’s conscience what is justice.
Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)
Imaginary Conversations: Peter Leopold and President Du Paty (Leopold)
3.
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find;
Occasion, once past by, is bald behind.
Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)
Pyramus and Thisbe, XV
Archive
You are welcome to share your creativity with me, or ask for help with any of the exercises on Clay Lane. Write to me at this address:
See more at Post Box.
If you like what I’m doing here on Clay Lane, from time to time you could buy me a coffee.
Buy Me a Coffee is a crowdfunding website, used by over a million people. It is designed to help content creators like me make a living from their work. ‘Buy Me a Coffee’ prides itself on its security, and there is no need to register.
