Water flows in only to flow out - Cao Xueqin

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Water flows in only to flow out." Similar to "what comes up must come down," this proverb points out that: things reverse when they reach their extremes. It's from the 18th century novel "A Dream of Red Mansions.

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bvw 5 years, 11 months ago
"The most common question people ask about quotation marks is whether periods and commas go inside or outside, and the answer depends on where your audience lives because in American English we always put periods and commas inside quotation marks, but in British English periods and commas can go inside or outside." As stated at https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/how-to-use-quotation-marks

While American, I prefer the flexibility of the British style in the matter of quate marks and punctuation.

The colon is a choice; use of a colon is subjective. I apologize for missing the opening and closing quote marks.
weesin 5 years, 11 months ago
This is a terribly-written quote!

Why do you have a quatation mark in front of the word "Similar"?

Also, commas should be place outside quotation marks, not inside them...

You don't need the colon at all! Remove it entirely...

There should be a comma after the word "novel"

Also, you entered a quotation mark at the beginning of the title of the book, but not at the end of it

PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW THEIR QUOTES FOR ERRORS PRIOR TO POSTING THEM!!!!! OR STOP POSTING QUOTES!

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