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A beautiful verse, an apt remark, or a well-turned phrase, appropriately quoted, is always effective and charming. – Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond du Deffand

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A proverb is an exploding atom of wisdom. – Gaston Kaboré

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After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations. – H.L. Mencken, about Shakespeare

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