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. Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Twelfth Night (Clown), Act I, Scene V
2. No furniture so charming as books, even if you never open them or read a single word.
Sydney Smith (1771-1845)
Memoirs, Chap IX
3. Let’s fear no storm before we feel a show’r.
Michael Drayton (1563-1631)
The Baron’s Wars, Bk III, LV
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