Contradictory Sayings

pickarooney

The old wise sayings sometimes seem to be in direct opposition to one another.

You can't teach and old dog new tricks, yet you're never to old to learn.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained, although it's better to be safe than sorry.
The more the merrier, but too many cooks spoil the broth.
The truth hurts, but lies make baby Jesus cry.

There's loads more, but I forgot them in the time it took to eat my lunch.

WhiteWashMan

oxymoron.

deafining silence
military intelligence

I am MAN

pickarooney wrote:

The old wise sayings sometimes seem to be in direct opposition to one another.

You can't teach and old dog new tricks, yet you're never to old to learn.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained, although it's better to be safe than sorry.
The more the merrier, but too many cooks spoil the broth.
The truth hurts, but lies make baby Jesus cry.

There's loads more, but I forgot them in the time it took to eat my lunch.

haha never even thought about that before

CuLT

how about:

beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but don't believe everything you see

Altheus

Don't judge a book by it's cover / what you see is what you get.

deedee lepoopoo

Too many cooks spoil the broth, BUT, many hands make light work

pickarooney

deedee lepoopoo wrote:

Too many cooks spoil the broth, BUT, many hands make light work

Yeah, that's better than the one I had.

Look before you leap.
He who hesitates is lost.

Big Ears

'The truth hurts, but lies make baby Jesus cry.'

Thats not contradictory .

Kappar

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth - Beware of Greeks bearing Gifts

pickarooney

Especially gifts of big wooden horses.

Maybe: don't look a gift horse in the mouth, unless it's made of wood and brought by Greeks.


(yeah yeah, Trojans etc)

wilkins

One I like but I dunno if it's contra or not:

'he's not backwards about coming forwards'.

spunkymunky

'Great minds think alike, fools seldom differ'

Doras

Familiarity breeds contempt
To know her is to love her

Two heads are better than one
If you want something done, do it yourself

And

WhiteWashMan wrote:

oxymoron.

deafining silence
military intelligence

Happily Married.

Kingsize

OUT OF SIGHT IS OUT OF MIND but asbscense makes the heart grow fonder.???

my favourite oxymoron - fresh frozen???

nlgbbbblth

the biggest contradiction of them all

It's dangerous to hitch-hike

and

It's dangerous to pick up hitch-hikers

both sayings can't be correct

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

KevIRL

Kingsize wrote:

my favourite oxymoron - fresh frozen???

My favourite sporting oxymoron - "UP DOWN!"

Gothic Warrior

Kingsize wrote:

OUT OF SIGHT IS OUT OF MIND but asbscense makes the heart grow fonder.???

my favourite oxymoron - fresh frozen???

I don't want to piss on your parade, but that just means it was fresh WHEN it was frozen. Did you really not get that?

TheAlmightyArse

"Cricket highlights".

Only Human

I think you should all be more or less more specific

PurpleFistMixer

nlgbbbblth wrote:

It's dangerous to hitch-hike

and

It's dangerous to pick up hitch-hikers

both sayings can't be correct

What happens is the hitchhiker gets into the car, and is attacked by the driver. However, in the hitchhiker's struggle, the car swerves into a tree, and thus, it is dangerous for both parties.

I think the secret behind sayings has been uncovered, that they simply suit the scenario and can never be taken as wisdom, ever.

Shrimp

This is so wierd, I was just thinking of making a thread about this yesterday, and I never seen this one before. Anyways..

"Never say Never"...

It's not exactly a saying as such, well it is in a way I suppose... "Can I ask you a question?"

and finally...

"Expect the unexpected"