"The Proverb and related forms have long been objects of general interest and the occasion of many books, but they have attracted little serious and thorough study .
Henc.
An incommunicable quality tells us this sentence is proverbial and that one is not.
The definition of a Proverb is too difficult to repay the undertaking; and should we fortunately combine in a single definition all the essential elements and give each the proper emphasis, we should not even then have a touchstone. . . . "The Proverb and related forms have long been objects of general interest and the occasion of many books, but they have attracted little serious and thorough study