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Gnomic wisdom, however, is notoriously polychrome, and proverbs de

Gnomic wisdom, however, is notoriously polychrome, and proverbs depend for their truth entirely on the occasion they are applied to. Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it… – George Santayana, “Chapter VIII: Prerational Morality,” The Life of Reason: Volu

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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. – Hebrew Proverb

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