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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so; It goes without saying; It is a small world; It is all grist to the mill; It is an ill wind (that blows no one any good) It is best to be on the safe side; It is better to be smarter than you appear than to appear smarter than you are

  3. 100 of the Best Quotes from Famous People - AOL

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    Famous people, famous quotes. Many of the most memorable quotations are attributed to famous people (whether they actually said them or not!). In honor of Reader’s Digest’s 100th anniversary ...

  4. The Yale Book of Quotations - Wikipedia

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    The Yale Book of Quotations ' introduction describes the editor's attempts at research to identify many famous quotations, trace them to their original sources as far as possible, and record those sources as precisely and accurately as he could. In compiling the book, Shapiro made extensive use of online databases to find earlier or more ...

  5. List of oracular statements from Delphi - Wikipedia

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    Some early oracular statements from Delphi may have been delivered to Lycurgus, the semi-legendary Spartan lawgiver (fl. 8th century BC).. According to the report by Herodotus (Histories A.65, 2–4), Lycurgus visited and consulted the oracle before he applied his new laws to Sparta,

  6. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - Wikipedia

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    The book began with quotations originally in English, arranged them chronologically by author; Geoffrey Chaucer was the first entry and Mary Frances Butts the last. The quotes were chiefly from literary sources. A "miscellaneous" section followed, including quotations in English from politicians and scientists, such as "fifty-four forty or fight!".

  7. John Rupert Firth - Wikipedia

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    In particular, he is known for the famous quotation: You shall know a word by the company it keeps (Firth, J. R. 1957:11) [5] Firth developed a particular view of linguistics that has given rise to the adjective 'Firthian'. Central to this view is the idea of polysystematism. David Crystal describes this as:

  8. The truth will set you free - Wikipedia

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    "Veritas vos liberabit" in the 1890 graduation book of Johns Hopkins University "The truth will set you free" (Latin: Vēritās līberābit vōs (biblical) or Vēritās vōs līberābit (common), Greek: ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς, transl. hē alḗtheia eleutherṓsei hūmâs) is a statement found in John 8:32—"And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make ...

  9. All men are created equal - Wikipedia

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    [26] [27] However, others argue that in the 1700s, the word men was sometimes used to denote both genders. [28] According to the Library of Congress, most people have interpreted "all men" to mean humanity and, within the context of the times, it is clear that "all men" meant "humanity". [29] It has also been criticised on grounds of racism.