Make up your mind!

Ghoulish Delight · 03-02-2005, 09:11 AM

We're surrounded by contradicting advice. One bit of well known sage advice says one thing, while another says the exact opposite. Whether it be a popular idiom, a song lyric, a movie title, people just can't seem to make up their mind. For instance:

Carpe Diem
vs.
Good things come to those who wait.

or

It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.
vs.
Owner of a lonely heart, much better than the owner of a broken heart.

Got any more?

SacTown Chronic · 03-02-2005, 09:15 AM

Look before you leap
vs.
Throw caution to the wind

Or this bit of contradiction from me to my kids:

Question everything
vs.
Trust me, I know what I'm talking about

Prudence · 03-02-2005, 04:26 PM

My dad often says: Look before you leap; for he who hesitates is lost.

FEJ · 03-02-2005, 05:05 PM

damned if you do, damned if you dont

03-02-2005, 09:11 AM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Make up your mind! We're surrounded by contradicting advice. One bit of well known sage advice says one thing, while another says the exact opposite. Whether it be a popular idiom, a song lyric, a movie title, people just can't seem to make up their mind. For instance: Carpe Diem vs. Good things come to those who wait. or It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. vs. Owner of a lonely heart, much better than the owner of a broken heart. Got any more? __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	Look before you leap vs. Throw caution to the wind Or this bit of contradiction from me to my kids: Question everything vs. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about __________________ Is it the fingers, or the brain that you're teaching a lesson?
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	My dad often says: Look before you leap; for he who hesitates is lost. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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FEJ Living Now Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 563	damned if you do, damned if you dont
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