The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #168706   Message #4075164
Posted By: Joe_F
11-Oct-20 - 05:43 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: modern proverb
Subject: RE: Folklore: modern proverb
The starting point of conversation is contradiction.

There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over.

Those who will not do arithmetic are doomed to talk nonsense.

Be sweet, and you'll be eaten.

Feeling better? Watch out!

The prince of virtues is courage, and the crown of courage is contempt for public opinion.

Truth is too small a fish to be caught in the law's coarse meshes.

If you think you've said something smart about the mind-body problem, try it out on the wave-water problem.

Too lively, and your dead.

If you rest on your laurels, you're wearing them in the wrong place.