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 bad excuse is better, they say, than none at all.
Stephen Gosson (1554-1624)
The Schoole of Abuse
2.
He that’s merciful
Unto the bad, is cruel to the good.
Thomas Randolph (1605-1635)
The Muses’ Looking Glass
3. He that first cries out ‘Stop thief!’ is often he that has stolen the treasure.
William Congreve (1670-1729)
Love for Love (Scandal), Act III, Scene XIV
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