Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced—even a Prov

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced—even a Proverb is no proverb to you till your Life has illustrated it. – John Keats, letter to George and Georgiana Keats, February 24, 1819

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As proverbs are meant to be portable, it is essential that they should be packed up in few words… – “Proverbs Secular and Sacred,” The North British Review, February 1858

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