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jadeeyes1:

salparadisewasright:

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.

oh my god not this fucking post again not a single word of this is true every “true version” of a proverb you read on the internet is a lie THEY WERE EXTENDED BY LATER WRITERS  TO REVERSE/ALTER/COMMENT ON THE ORIGINAL MEANING NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND

True. But many of them aren’t accurate, and don’tmean what people assume they mean.

• “Curiosity killed the cat” used to be “Care killed the cat”. The proverb originated from the 1598 play “Every Man In His Humor”: “…Helter skelter, hang sorrow, care will kill a cat, up-tails all, and a pox on the hangman” and “Care killed the Cat./ It is said that ‘a cat has nine lives,’ yet care would wear them all out.” It’s not a warning against curiosity; it’s a warning against obsessive worry and fixation. (So yeah, go ahead and be curious; just don’t obsess over the object of your curiosity.)
  
• The earliest verified usage of “Blood is Thicker Than Water” was in the German fable Reynard the Fox: “I also hear it said, kin-blood is not spoiled by water.“In the original context, it probably meant that the waters (and distance) of oceans don’t dim familial relations. I’ve seen a lot of sources claiming that the phrase is an ancient Arabic proverb, and that it did originally include “is thicker than than the water of the womb” (i.e. blood covenants or alliances being stronger than family ties); I’ve also heard it claimed that the “water of the womb” version refers to the bonds formed between soldiers over bloodshed in battle (i.e. brothers in arms). I can’t find any solid evidence supporting the latter two, but in any case, the saying doesn’t mean quite what people usually take it to mean, OR what they’re saying here.
• “Jack of all trades, master of none” was originally just “jack of all trades”, and had the same connotation that the full phrase has today. “But better than a master of one” was tacked on later, and has nothing to do with the original saying.
• “Great minds think alike” doesn’t seem to have a definite origin. The earliest usage I can find dates from Daubridgecourt Belchier’s 1681 play “Hans Beer Pot, his Invisible Comedy of See me and See me not”: “Though he made that verse, Those words were made before. Good wits doe jump.” (”jump” meaning “agree with completely”). So yes: it means exactly what most people think it means. The “but fools rarely differ” addition doesn’t show up in any literary source; Wikitionary suggests that it’s usually spoken as a comeback of sorts (or, if you’re making a joke, “More like fools seldom differ in this case”).
• “Birds of a feather flock together”,according to Wikitionary, seems to have first appeared in William Turner’s 1545 “Rescuing of Romish Fox”:”Byrdes of on kynde and color flok and flye allwayes together.“(However, it may have its roots in Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 27:10: “Birds resort unto their like.”) It, like the last proverb, means exactly what most people think it means: people who are similar often congregate. It’s a neutral statement; it says nothing about whether such behavior is good or bad.

Hope I’ve shed some light on the subject.