Last Updated on March 11, 2021
If you think about confirmation bias long enough, you start to notice that most platitudes and proverbs have a contradictory counterpart!
Here are a few that particularly bug/amuse me when I hear them used as a justification.
Look before you leap?
or
He who hesitates is lost?
Many hands make light work?
or
Too many cooks spoil the broth?
The early bird gets the worm?
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Good things come to those who wait?
Birds of a feather flock together?
or
Opposites attract?
You canʼt tell a book by it’s cover?
or
The clothes make the man?
Don’t sweat the small stuff?
or
The devil is in the details?
The pen is mightier than the sword?
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Actions speak louder than words?
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander?
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One man’s meat is another man’s poison?
Nothing ventured, nothing gained?
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Better safe than sorry?
Two heads are better than one?
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If you want something done right, do it yourself?