These well-known quotations or phrases have been reworded below but the original meaning has been kept. Can you identify the original?
Example: "lack of awareness brings elation" = ignorance is bliss
1.) The dimensions of the canine in the conflict is immaterial in comparison to the dimensions of the fortitude of the canine.
2.) A slender piece of wax is not diminished by the act of igniting a second slender piece of wax.
3.) Lessen, employ again, adapt for a new purpose.