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Monday, December 26, 2005

Contradicting quotes

Contradicting quotes


Actions speak louder than words ------> The pen is mightier than the sword.

Look before you leap ------> He who hesitates is lost.

Many hands make light work. ------> Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A silent man is a wise one. ------> A man without words is a man without thoughts.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. ------> Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Clothes make the man. ------> Don't judge a book by its cover. (Or) All that glitters are not gold.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. -----> Better safe than sorry.

The bigger, the better. ------> The best things come in small packages.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. -----> Out of sight, out of mind.

What will be, will be. -----> Life is what you make it.

Cross your bridges when you come to them. ------> Forewarned is forearmed.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander. -------> One man's meat is another man's poison.

With age comes wisdom. --------> Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings come all wise sayings.

The more, the merrier.------>Two's company; three's a crowd.

The best things in life are free. -------> You get what you pay for.

It never rains, than it pours. --------> Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Better to ask the way than to go astray. ------> Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Never do evil, which good may come of it. ---------> The end justifies the means.

Variety is the spice of life. ------> Don't change horses in the middle of a stream.

There is nothing permanent except change. -------> There is nothing new under the sun.

Never too old to learn. -----> You can't teach an old dog new trick.

Everything comes to him who waits. -----> He who hesitates is lost