Coverage of Dictionary of Modern Proverbs in Athens, GA newspaper

[Garson O'Toole]

Who said it? Answers in UGA prof's modern parables book
By Lee Shearer
Published Monday, May 14, 2012

Everyone knows who invented the modern proverb. “Winning isn’t
everything. It’s the only thing.”
It was legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi.
Just like John Lennon said, “Give peace a chance.”
Not really, though.

Lombardi and Lennon may have said those things, but they certainly
weren’t the first, says University of Georgia English professor and
folklorist Charles Doyle, who should know — he’s now literally written
the book on modern proverbs, along with fellow literary sleuths
Wolfgang Mieder of the University of Vermont and Fred Shapiro of Yale.

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