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Longest and Shortest
This is an old British riddle from 1300-1900 AD.
What is the longest and yet shortest thing in the world,
The swiftest and yet the slowest, the most divisible and the most extended,
The least valued and the most regretted, without which nothing can be done,
Which devours everything, however small, and yet opens the life and spirit
To every object, however great?
What is the longest and yet shortest thing in the world,
The swiftest and yet the slowest, the most divisible and the most extended,
The least valued and the most regretted, without which nothing can be done,
Which devours everything, however small, and yet opens the life and spirit
To every object, however great?
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Riddle courtesy of Trumalia.com
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