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  <body>&lt;p class=&quot;quote&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px arial; min-height: 12.0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px;&quot;&gt;Man&amp;#8217;s oldest recorded literature is found in&amp;#160;the ancient proverbs of Sumeria, written down&amp;#160;starting about 4,400 years ago (though most are&amp;#160;only 3,800 years old).&amp;#160; Then again, these were&amp;#160;already proverbs passed down for generations&amp;#160;back&amp;#160;then, so they are probably far older.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</body>
  <byline>Real Change</byline>
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  <created-at type="datetime">2009-11-06T12:39:23-05:00</created-at>
  <deck>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Beer is a bull. The mouth is its stairway.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;</deck>
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  <title>Have you ever thought: There's gotta be a good ancient Sumerian proverb I could use right now</title>
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