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Lord John Russell

A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.

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A proverb combines the collective knowledge and experience of many people over time with the clever insight of a single individual who first expressed it. This means that while the idea comes from a broad cultural understanding, its sharp and memorable form is thanks to one person's creativity.

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