Example: "The early bird catches the worm". I dislike it because from the worm's perspective the smart idea is to get up late.
My favorite: "The worth of a man is not shown by what he does when he knows someone is watching, but rather what he does when he knows no one is watching."
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It's tough to soar with eagles when you work with turkeys!
Response to an unreasonable request: "And people in hell want ice water."
It ain't what you know that gets you in trouble. It's what you know that ain't quite so.
The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Big, tough,100% straight friend of mine, who also always had chicks all over him, would walk into a bar and say to whoever was there, “Buy me a beer, I’ll get you in the ass.” It meant, “Buy one for me today and I’ll buy tomorrow”. Totally unique and always cracked me up.
Bees knees
Lots of them, but I just used this one. The only constant is change.
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