Contradicting quotes

Novindu

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  • Jun 10, 2006
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    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. (or) Two heads are better than one. / 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 is 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, that 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 tricks.

    Everything comes to him who waits. / He who hesitates is lost