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A rolling stone gathers no moss — Wikipedia (en)

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"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb, first credited to Publilius Syrus, who in his Sententiae states, "People who are always moving, with no roots in one place or another, avoid responsibilities and cares." The phrase spawned a shorter mossless offshoot image, that of the rolling stone, and modern moral meanings have diverged, from similar themes such as used in the popular song "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", to a more complementary commentary on "freedom" from excessive rootedness, such as in the band The Rolling Stones.

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «A rolling stone gathers no moss» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_rolling_stone_gathers_no_moss
Wikidata Q285643: «proverbio» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q285643
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_rolling_stone_gathers_no_moss?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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