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NPR 2008-10-07

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A shepherd lost the whole of his flock because of a dreadful illness．A wolf，hearing of it，came to console him．My shepherd，said he，is it true that thou hast met with so severe a misfortune，and art deprived of thy whole flock？So amiable，

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A wolf accused a fox of theft，but the latter entirely denied the charge．An ape undertook to judge the matter between them．When each had fully stated his case，the ape pronounced this sentence；I do not think you，wolf，ever lost what you cl

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: we continue our conversation with James Geary about his new book, Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists.An aphorism is a philosophical saying whose author is known. Two yea

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: our guest is James Geary, author of a new book called Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists.RS: It's his second book on aphorisms. He calls these sayings the shortest liter

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: our guest is James Geary, author of a new book called Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists.RS: It's his second book on aphorisms. He calls these sayings the shortest liter

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