Translation, please

[BigSwede]

Think you know English? Translate these proverbs into their more common form...I'll post a few at a time:

1. Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.

2. Scintillate, scintillate, diminutive asteroid.

3. Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.

[ibmx2]

2 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

3 birds of a feather flock togather

[VX KAT]

1. beauty is only skin deep?

[BigSwede]

Well done.

4. Surveillance should precede saltation.

5. It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately departed lacteal fluid.

6. Freedom from incrustations of grimes is contiguous to divinity

[ibmx2]

4 trust but verify

[tom4bren]

4. Look before you leap

5. Don't cry over spilt milk

6. Cleanliness is next to Godliness

[ibmx2]

5 dont cry over spilled milk

[handeeman]

4. Look before you leap

5. don't cry over spilt milk

6. cleanlyness is next to godlyness

[tom4bren]

4. Look before you leap

5. don't cry over spilt milk

6. cleanlyness is next to godlyness

Yer smart ... but slow. Or did you cut & paste from my response.

[ibmx2]

Or did you cut & paste from my response.

Dam why did i not think of that !

[handeeman]

Yer smart ... but slow. Or did you cut & paste from my response.

Can't type fast...I felt bad when I clicked submit and evryone had already answered and gone on to something else.
Plus I was gonna ask Big Swede to type slower cause i cannot read fast.

[BigSwede]

Play nice now

7. The stylus is more potent than the claymore.

8. It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.

9. Eschew the implement of corrections and vitiate the scion.

[tom4bren]

7. The pen is mightier than the sword

8. Can't teach an old dog new tricks

9. Spare the rod, spoil the child

OR

7. The Handee is mightier than the sword
8. Can't teach an old Handee new tricks
9. Spare the rod, spoil the Handee

[handeeman]

7. the pin on a grenade can be tied with string and make an effective mine.

8. you can teach T4B to ski but not to barefoot.

9. chew the gum with your mouth shut.

[BigSwede]

Don't read ahead now

10. The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled cooking container does not reach 212 degrees Fahrenheit.

11. Neophyte's serendipity.

12. Male cadavers are incapable of yielding any testimony.