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LORD CHESTERFIELD’S MAXIM: “Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.”        Lord Chesterfield (Phi...

THE MISTRANSLATED MAXIM: “War is the continuation of politics by other me...

THE LINE THAT LED TO A FAMOUS MISQUOTE: “Th’ newspaper does ivrything f’r us...comforts th’ afflicted, afflicts ...

THE PLUCKY LATIN QUOTE: “Carpe diem.” [Traditionally translated as “Seize the day.” ] ...

L.P. HARTLEY’S OFT-QUOTED APHORISM: “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” ...