The blood is thicker than water one pisses me off so much

victoriel:

uhh-the-green-thing:

tentaclabia:

sunderlorn:

its-kk-yo:

alwayswillgraham:

evil-shenanigans-alpha:

monsters-and-teeth:

unlimitedtrashworks:

becausetheintrovert:

thelifeofatubaplayer:

thelastmellophone:

espurr-roba:

consultingmoosecaptain:

dalekitsune:

the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” is actually not the full phrase it actually is “curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back” so don’t let anyone tell you not to be a curious little baby okay go and be interested in the world uwu

See also:

~~Blood is thicker than water~~ The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.

Meaning that relationships formed by choice are stronger than those formed by birth.

Let’s not forget that “Jack of all trades, master of none” ends with “But better than a master of one.”

It means that being equally good/average at everything is much better than being perfect at one thing and sucking at everything else. So don’t worry if you’re not perfect at something you do! Being okay is better!

These made me feel better

Also, “great minds think alike” ends with “but fools rarely differ”

It goes to show that conformity isn’t always a good thing. And that just because more than one person has the same idea, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good idea.

what the fuck why haven’t i heard the full version to any of these

“Birds of a feather flock together” ends with “until the cat comes.”

It’s actually a warning about fair-weather friends, not an assessment of how complementary people are.

I’ve always felt like these were cut down on purpose.

I really like these phrases and plan on spreading this knowledge.

The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

I want to make designs out of these.

Funny how all the half-finished ones encourage uniformity and upholding the status-quo, while the complete proverbs encourage like…living exciting, eclectic lives driven by choice and personal passion.

NICE

The legendary thread is back

“Rome wasn’t built in a day.”
→ “Rome wasn’t built in a day, but it burned in one.”

“Starve a cold, feed a fever.” → “If you starve a cold, you’ll have to feed a fever.”

“When one door closes another door opens” → “When one door closes another door opens, but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.“

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” → “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. We need not wait to see what others do.”

“Money is the root of all evil.” → “The love of money is the root of all sorts of evil.”

“My country, right or wrong.“ → “My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong to be set right.”

“Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” → “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.”