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Book of Wise Sayings

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ISBN-10: 140658567X

ISBN-13: 9781406585674

Edition: N/A

Authors: W. A. Clouston

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William Alexander Clouston (1843-1896) was a famous British Folklorist. He contributed to valuable studies combining Eastern traditional literature with Norse and Western Folklore. His works include: The Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies (1888), Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers (1890) and Book of Wise Sayings (1893). "Cynics may ask, how many have profited by the innumerable proverbs and maxims of prudence which have been current in the world time out of mind? They will say that their only use is to repeat them after some unhappy wight has "gone wrong." When, for instance, a man has played "ducks and drakes" with his money, the fact at once…    
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Book details

List price: $14.99
Publisher: Dodo Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 140
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.33" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English