Show PARADOXI A PROVERBS Nearly Every Proverb Flatly Con tradictsd by Another The person who sets out to regulate his life according to proverbs will be In a quandary when he realizes how many of them have their opposites Here are a few examples Marry In haste and repent at leisure leis-ure and Happy Is the wooing thats not long adoing Out of sight out of mind and Absence Ab-sence makes the heart grow fonder A rolling stone gathers no moss and A setting hen gathers no feathers feath-ers A stitch In time saves nine and Its never to late to mend Theres honor among thieves and Set a thief to catch a thief Discretion Is the better part of valor and Nothing venture nothing gainThe The man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client and If you want anything done well do It yourself |