General quotation source and correct form

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This may be a long shot within our legal collections - we're trying to find the correct wording and the original source for the saying:

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

It may be that this is a Portugese phrase and that it predates 1600's.

The reference sources are conflicting.

Please respond to dmelnick@courts.state.ny.us

Thanks.

Deb

Deb Melnick
Principal Law Librarian
NYC Civil Court Law Library
111 Centre St, Rm 1034
New York, NY 10013
646-386-5430
dmelnick@courts.state.ny.us

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