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.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice:
Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
2.
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Essay on Criticism, Pt II, line 133
3.
How happy could I be with either,
Were t’ other dear charmer away!
John Gay (1685-1732)
The Beggars’ Opera (Mac heath sings), Act II,
Scene II
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