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.
The bad man’s cunning still prepares the way
For its own outwitting.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
Zapolya, Sc. I
2. Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Henry VI, Pt III (Queen Elizabeth),
Act IV, Scene IV
3. Use not to lie, for that is unhonest: speak not every truth, for that is unneedful; yes, in time and place, a harmless lie is a great deal better than a hurtful truth.
Roger Ascham (1515-1568)
Letter to Mr C. Howe
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