Note 33 — LECTURE II. THE GENERATION OF PROVERBS.
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Livy’s account of “Cantherium in fossâ,” and of the manner in which it became a rustic proverb in Italy, (23, 47,) is a case in point, where it is very hard to give credit to the parentage which has been assigned to the saying. See Döderlein’s Lat. Synonyme, v. 4. p. 289.