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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.

Charles Brower, in Success and Failure

This is an aphorism from Aphorisms Galore!'s official collection. It was the Aphorism of the Day for 2023-11-18.

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