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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
In this interesting collection, the Flavell's have traced the origins of hundreds of proverbs, listing the general meaning, variations on the proverb and its usage through history. Also listed with most proverbs are excerpts from literature to help clarify the proverb's meaning and show the evolution of its meaning over time. Original attribution appears to belong to the first line of an anonymous poem appearing in Davison's Poetical Rapsody , 1602. Still, many similar sayings from around the world can be found throughout history. A man is known by the company he keeps.