in fact, these words are largely vacuous pabulum, and they could be attributed just as easily to zoroaster, or perhaps pythagoras.

it's really such trite bullshit, that i'm just as happy to assume it's random coincidence.

"up, not down. near, not far. hot, not cold. just right!" - grover expanding upon goldilocks

but, i mean...if you heard a three-year old say it....

https://nationalpost.com/news/joe-biden-accused-of-plagiarizing-from-jack-laytons-final-letter-in-nomination-speech