| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 283 |
| AUTHOR: | John Lyly (1554?1606) |
| QUOTATION: | The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Euphues, 1579 (Arbers reprint), page 47. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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