Counting Counter Quotes: Reasonable vs Unreasonable & Confucianism

[Ivan Seeking]

I thought it might be interesting to see how many counter quotes can be found to respond to a given quote.

For example, one that hit me some time ago was that of reasonable people.

Quote: "The reasonable man adapts to the world around him, while the unreasonable person tries to change the world to suit him. Conclusion: Change only occurs because of unreasonable people."

As a counter quote: The Chinese have a saying that goes something like, "the weed that stands out the most is the one that gets knocked down first"

or

Q: "To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. . . . [They are] gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness."-- The Confucian Analects, bk. 17:6

CQ: Nice guys finish last.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

In fact, why not make it a game like What was it - provide a counter quote and then a quote for the next person.

Q:Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow! -- Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] 65 – 8 B.C. Odes, bk. I [23 B.C.], ode xi, last line

 

[Hurkyl]

Old wise man once say every proverb has an opposite, even this one!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

There is but one truth

 

[light_bulb]

the sqeeky wheel gets the grease

can't think of anything to counter that?

 

[Curious3141]

the sqeeky wheel gets the grease

can't think of anything to counter that?

Silence is golden.

 

[light_bulb]

speak now or forever hold your peace.

 

[K.J.Healey]

An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind. ~Walter Bagehot

 

[franznietzsche]

Actions speak louder than words.

 

[Hurkyl]

The pen is mightier than the sword.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Two heads are better than one, and, indeed, many hands make light work, but only so long as it's not a case of too many Chiefs and not enough Indians, because too many cooks spoil the broth.

 

[moe darklight]

aah that one's hard... all I can think of is:

"The more the merrier—ALWAYS!"

... but I kind of cheated...

here's mine:

"This proverb has no opposite." --- muahaha there's no way out of that one!

 

[zoobyshoe]

"This proverb has no opposite." --- muahaha there's no way out of that one!

Yeah there is: it's not a real proverb. You just invented it.

 

[franznietzsche]

Two heads are better than one, and, indeed, many hands make light work, but only so long as it's not a case of too many Chiefs and not enough Indians, because too many cooks spoil the broth.

One shouldn't bother with broth anyway, as an apple a day is much better at keeping the doctor away.

 

[moe darklight]

Yeah there is: it's not a real proverb. You just invented it.

Well someone has to. All the proverbs are so old, nobody's making new proverbs now a days. I say you don't have to be ancient and chinese or greek to write a proverb! and I think that's a good candidate for being a proverb!

 

[Zenparticle]

Actions speak louder than words.

say what you mean and mean what you say

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

the sqeeky wheel gets the grease

can't think of anything to counter that?

There is an opposing Japanese proverb "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down."

 

[franznietzsche]

There is an opposing Japanese proverb "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down."

Two nails in the hand are worth one in the board.

 

[dontdisturbmycircles]

Of what use is it that the cow gives plenty of milk, if she upset the pail.

 

[dontdisturbmycircles]

Try counter quoting this one :

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
- Albert Einstein (Don't know if he really said it)

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Two nails in the hand are worth one in the board.

Measure twice, chop once.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Two wrongs don't make a right (but three lefts do.)

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Try counter quoting this one :

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
- Albert Einstein (Don't know if he really said it)

Virtue can hurt you.

 

[dontdisturbmycircles]

Measure twice, chop once.

That's a good one.

 

[BobG]

Two heads are better than one, and, indeed, many hands make light work, but only so long as it's not a case of too many Chiefs and not enough Indians, because too many cooks spoil the broth.

aah that one's hard... all I can think of is:

"The more the merrier—ALWAYS!"

... but I kind of cheated...

here's mine:

"This proverb has no opposite." --- muahaha there's no way out of that one!

Yeah there is: it's not a real proverb. You just invented it.

That's the pot calling the kettle black.

 

[Art]

That's the pot calling the kettle black.

Birds of a feather flock together.

 

[moe darklight]

That's the pot calling the kettle black.

lol you said what I wanted to say but didn't have a proverb for it!

I would have made one up but...

altho he didn't really make one up as much as created a proverb remix :rofl: .

 

[hypatia]

Together we stand, divided we fall.

 

[franznietzsche]

Together we stand, divided we fall.

You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose, no matter how close you are.

 

[light_bulb]

he who laughs last laughs best.

 

[Zenparticle]

Try this one:

"You can't have your cake, and eat it too"

as a kid that one drove me nuts, I'm Like, what the heck are you supposed to do with it then!? heh

 

[Lisa!]

"The reasonable man adapts to the world around him, while the unreasonable person tries to change the world to suit him. Conclusion: Change only occurs because of unreasonable people."

Wow! That 1 is great!

he who laughs last laughs best.

He who laughs last thinks slowest!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Together we stand, divided we fall.

CQ:Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.”
or
No crowd ever waited at the gates of patience.

Q: Only the tent pitched by your own hands will stand.

 

[Type 7]

Q: Only the tent pitched by your own hands will stand.

CQ: Many hands make light work.

Q: Happiness depends upon ourselves. - Aristotle

 

[Ivan Seeking]

CQ: Many hands make light work.

Q: Happiness depends upon ourselves. - Aristotle

cq: no man is an island

q: The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. The Republic, bk. IV, 425 – B