“Words are like spices. Too many is worse than too few.”
Joan Aiken (1924–2004) English fiction writer
Source: The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories
“Few sons, indeed, are like their fathers.
Generally they are worse; but just a few are better.”
II. 276–277 (tr. E. V. Rieu).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)
Source: The Odyssey
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