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Dictionary of Accepted Ideas, 1911
Gustave Flaubert (orig. Dictionnaire des idées reçues)
Clichés, proverbs, platitudes and common knowledge are easy to mock, but say more about a culture than it often likes to admit. Who has truly original thoughts and if so, can anyone relate to them?