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                                        Initially attributed to Cyrus S. Ching in Time, Vol. 56 (1950), p. 21. 
Misattributed 
Variant: Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
                                    
 
        
     
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                            