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Date: 1790

"'A CLOSE mouth,' says Solomon, 'makes a wise head' and 'a fool's bolt is soon shot,' implying, that prating and tattling is the index of a weak mind."

— Trusler, John (1735-1820)

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.