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A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring. - Sholom A

A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring. – Sholom Aleichem

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Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. – Sholom Aleichem

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Nevertheless, a maxim does not necessarily become a proverb. Many grubs never grow to butterflies; and a maxim is only a proverb in its caterpillar stage—a candidate for a wider sphere and longer flight than most are destined to attain. – “Proverbs Secular and Sacred,” The North British Review, February 1858

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Nor must you find fault with me if I often give you what I have borrowed from my various reading, in the very words of the authors themselves. – Macrobius, translated from Latin

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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. – Osmanli Proverb

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We love quotations; they strengthen us in our own belief; they show that some other spirit, perhaps a master-spirit, has gone thus far with us: to such we cling as the ivy to the oak. – S.J.W., “On Female Education,” in The Christian Teacher (National Review), 1835

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Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible. – George Claude Lorimer

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