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.
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
2.
Reputation is what men and women think of us.
Character is what God and angels know of us.
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
3. The clothing of our minds certainly ought to be regarded before that of our bodies.
Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)
Spectator, No. 75.
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