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.
For Friendship, of itself a holy tie,
Is made more sacred by adversity.
John Dryden (1631-1700)
The Hind and the Panther, Pt III, line 47
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.
It is the bright day, that brings forth the adder;
And that craves wary walking.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Julius Caesar (Brutus), Act II, Scene I
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