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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If only I had bought this sooner ....,
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This review is from: Nice Guys Finish Seventh: False Phrases, Spurious Sayings, and Familiar Misquotations (Paperback)
Prior to making a technical presentation in China, I asked my translator to quickly write 'One picture is worth a thousand words' on one of the transparencies. He was not aware of this ancient Chinese proverb.
It was only on my return to the US that I found this book and "The Rules of Misquotation - Corollary 2F: In a pinch, any orphan quote can be called a Chinese proverb". Frederick Barnard did so in 1927 ... |
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Nice Guys Finish Seventh: False Phrases, Spurious Sayings, and Familiar Misquotations by Ralph Keyes (Paperback - Sept. 1993)
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