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Nah. and both.  Mind you, he didn't mention the other feature of a maverick - the tendency to appropriate any unbranded cattle - so I guess I'll claim authorship after all! 
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It's said that a picture is worth a thousand words.
I would like to quote this correctly, since it is useful to express the reason for which I make mathematical models for my students.
So the question is: is this a proverb? Of which country? Or it is a sentence said by someone?
Thanks
Emanuela
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"It's said that a picture is worth a thousand words."
This apothegm was first uttered by the Egyptian who invented hieroglyphics. All hierophants exaggerate.
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When I was a first-year Latin student (15 yrs. old), one of my classmates, of Greek-American family, had a girlfriend named Vaselia Pecunas. I'm sorry to say we all referred to her as 'Greasy Money'.
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Pardon me, Anu and others, but what about "pecuniary" conjures up a picture? Oology, yes.....by all means.
But pecuniary? Am I the only one who doesn't perceive the connection to money (visually)?
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what about "pecuniary" conjures up a picture?Teresa, did you follow the url link in the word-of-the-day email to the picture? http://wordsmith.org/words/yester.html will get to it for today only! And welcome aboard! Rod
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Ahhh.....now I get it. Thanks, rodward!
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a picture is worth a thousand words.
We who are/were in the print media take/took umbrage at that !
And replied with:
"Show me a picture of The Gettysburg Address!"
It's all in the point of view ... or the place from which you receive your stipend!
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