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Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.
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An idea launched like a javelin in proverbial form strikes with sharper point on the hearer's mind and leaves implanted barbs for meditation.
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It will make far less impression on the mind if you say Fleeting and brief is the life of man than if you quote the proverb Man is but a bubble.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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October 28, 1466
Died:
July 12, 1536
(aged 69)
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