Re: A Search for Exemplary Sentences

From: Michael Everson (everson@indigo.ie)
Date: Wed Nov 18 1998 - 11:27:33 EST

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Ar 06:46 -0800 1998-11-18, scríobh Alain:

> I recently gave one which I think, says everything [ (; ] :
>
> ... car la parole est d'argent, mais le silence est d'or
> --Jean de la Fontaine

Did de la Fontaine originage this? My Yiddish grammar has:

Redn iz zilbern, shvaygn iz gold.

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