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Thread #103320 Message #2103753
Posted By: Joe_F
15-Jul-07 - 09:15 PM
Thread Name: add/origins: A Man Of Words And Not Of Deeds
Subject: RE: add/origins: A Man Of Words And Not Of Deeds
It seems a good guess that the initial couplet was proverbial before someone spun it out. Benjamin Franklin parodied it:
A man of deeds, and not of words
Is like a garden full of --