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New broom sweep clean, but old broom know the corner.

Newcomers may impress with fresh energy, but experience knows details that enthusiasm alone cannot reach.

Traditional Montserrat & Eastern Caribbean Wisdom, Montserrat

Source: Traditional West Indian Creole proverb, part of the shared English Creole oral tradition across the Caribbean including the Leeward Islands and Montserrat (see Richard Allsopp, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage), public-domain oral tradition

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