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AntiAdages |
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I have a niggling suspicion that for every seemingly-wise Adage, there is another seemingly-wise AntiAdage with an opposite meaning.
Here's a sample of what I call AntiAdages:
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| Adage | AntiAdage | |
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| A penny saved is a penny earned. | vs | Penny wise, pound foolish. |
| God is in the details. | vs | You can't see the forest for the trees. |
| Haste makes waste. | vs | He who hesitates is lost. |
| A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. | vs | Nothing ventured - nothing gained. |
| The end does not justify the means. | vs | All's well that ends well. |
| Birds of a feather flock together. | vs | Opposites attract. |
| The best things in life are free. | vs | You get what you pay for. |
| You can't tell a book by its cover. | vs | If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and talks like a duck... |
| One sees the right hand of another only when one stands in their shoes. | vs | A perfectly open mind rests in a totally empty head. |
| If everybody remembered the past, nobody would ever forgive anybody. | vs | Those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it. |
| A thing of beauty is a joy forever. | vs | Beauty is only skin deep. |
| A mistake is worth more than rubies. | vs | If I had a nickel for every mistake I've made I'd be a rich man. |
| Laughter is the best medicine. | vs | Crying is the best medicine. |
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