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This was on the cusp of being a Pick. I found it really entertaining and interesting to read, but I felt like the aphorisms could have been explored more. Maybe 50 of them rather than 100 would have been better, allowing for a more in depth look at their origins. But I'd still 100% recommend.

"Reading feeds the mind as food does the body. Which means that it can do so well or badly, depending on whether what you ingest is nourishing or junk."

Maybe don't try this at home, kids.

"…an almost universal law of folk wisdom is that every proverb has an equal and opposite proverb. So, you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but then again, it's never too late. […]Two heads are better than one, but too many cooks spoil the broth."

I just heard Julian Baggini talk about his book 'Freedom Regained' and grabbed a copy of it afterwards, along with 'Should You Judge This Book By Its Cover'. It looks at common aphorisms and their origins - I'm only 8 pages in and it's already giving me loads to think about why we say what we say.