Credit: NY Times Crossword
January 3, 1999
January 3, 1999
Randolph Ross
Proverbs may be gems of wisdom, but they often contradict each other. Can you think of a conflicting proverb to each of those below?
1. An eye for an eye
2. Good things come in small packages.
3. Two's company, three's a crowd.
4. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
5. Don't judge a book by its cover.
6. He who hesitates is lost.
7. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
8. Haste makes waste.
Possible Answers:
1. Turn the other cheek.
2. The bigger the better
3. The more the merrier
4. Silence is golden.
5. Clothes make the man.
6. Look before you leap.
7. Nice guys finish last.
8. Time and tide wait for no man.
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