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& why it made the Carpe City list
The familiar phrase was first spoken in 1911 by Arthur Brisbane at the Syracuse Advertising Men’s Club, for a journalism event, and was seen in advertisements throughout the 1910s. Figuratively, however, this phrase has adaptations from many famous names: Leonardo da Vinci, Confucious, and Ivan Turgenev have all been credited with inspiring the phrase. Even Napoleon Bonaparte said, “Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu’un long discours,” which translates to “a good sketch is better than a long speech.”
Anne Crays
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