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PROVERB

IT IS BETTER TO KEEP THY MOUTH SHUT AND HAVE OTHERS THINK THAT YOU
ARE AN IMBECILE THAN TO OPEN IT AND ERASE ALL DOUBT.

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INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER TEACHER AT SCHOOL.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE

Keyword(s): Fool ; HUMOR ; Mouth ; PROVERB ; WISDOM

James Callow Keyword(s): PROVERB

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PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 09-18-1972

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