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    The Long Story of the Short End of the Stick
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    1. chrisaldrich 30 Nov 2021
      On the other hand, paremiologists seldom specify "definitions"-much less ori- gins-of proverbial expressions that they collect, for the simple reason that so little can be known with certainty.

      Paremiology (from Greek παροιμία (paroimía) 'proverb, maxim, saw') is the collection and study of proverbs.

      Paremiography is the collection of proverbs.

      paremiology words proverbs collections commonplace books sententiae

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