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Some lines are born quotations, some are made quotations, and some

Some lines are born quotations, some are made quotations, and some have “quotation” thrust upon them. – Gary Saul Morson, The Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture, 2011

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Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present. – Tryon Edwards

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The chief ingredients which go to make a true proverb are: sense, shortness, and salt. – James Howell, Paroimiografia, 1659

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