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The use of maxims is suitable for one who is
advanced in years, and in regard to things in which one has experience; since
the use of maxims before such an age is unseemly, as also is story-telling; and
to speak about things of which one has no experience shows foolishness and lack
of education. A sufficient proof of this is that rustics especially are fond of
coining maxims and ready to make display of them.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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