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.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
The Merchant of Venice (Bassanio), Act III,
Scene II
2. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Othello (Iago), Act II, Scene III
3.
The evil that men do lives after them ;
The good is oft interred with their bones.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Julius Caesar (Antony), Act III, Scene II
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