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Can you think of a wise saying, especially your own?


charles brough

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Many old sayings are very sensible, but some are out of date.

Old saying: "Rome wasn't built in a day"

Objection: Bloody obvious

New saying: "Rome was built in a few decades."

Reason: The town was founded in in about 650BC, and probably took a few decades before it reached any appreciable size.

 

 

Old saying:" Pride comes before a fall"

Objection: Not the case.

New saying: "Not noticing an object you could trip over, comes before a fall"

Reason: Experience of falling over, and reasons why it happened.

Edited by Kapitan Kolumbus
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