Contradictory proverbs !

Today, in office we were talking about a colleague who went away. Somebody said, ‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder’. Then somebody jokingly remarked, ‘For me to feel fond of certain people, they should be absent for a very very long time’. We all laughed but then I remembered another proverb and I quoted it, ‘Out of sight, out of mind’.

That got me thinking. As a child, I took these proverbs quite seriously as the absolute truth. But as I discovered more and more of them, I started getting confused. Some were in a direct contradiction to others. So I figured that all proverbs must be context specific. I felt so cheated ! (This was when I was really too young :) )

Of course, now I realise that everything is subjective and they don’t bother me at all.

Here’s another pair of contradictory proverbs:

Penny wise pound foolish v/s Take care of the pence, the pounds will take care of themselves.

Do you know any more ?

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