Miguel de Saavedra Cervantes

(1547—1616), Spanish author

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

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the long and the short

[the long and the short] or [the long and short] {n. phr.} All that needs to be said; the basic fact; point. * /The long and the short of the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

short

[short] See: [CAUGHT SHORT], [FALL SHORT], [FOR SHORT], [IN BRIEF] or [IN SHORT], [IN SHORT ORDER], [IN SHORT SUPPLY], [MAKE SHORT WORK OF], [RUN SHORT], [SELL SHORT], [THE LONG AND […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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