{"id":4959,"date":"2014-03-04T08:09:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T13:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4959"},"modified":"2014-03-04T08:10:56","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T13:10:56","slug":"cynical-proverbs-for-todays-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4959","title":{"rendered":"(Cynical) Proverbs for Today\u2019s World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:WordDocument>\n<w:View>Normal<\/w:View>\n<w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n<w:PunctuationKerning\/>\n<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>\n<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>\n<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n<w:Compatibility>\n<w:BreakWrappedTables\/>\n<w:SnapToGridInCell\/>\n<w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>\n<w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>\n<w:DontGrowAutofit\/>\n<w:UseFELayout\/>\n<\/w:Compatibility>\n<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>\n<\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">\n<\/w:LatentStyles>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/object>\n\n\n\n<style>\nst1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;\n\tmso-para-margin:0cm;\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ansi-language:#0400;\n\tmso-fareast-language:#0400;\n\tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">If you are too open minded, your brains will fall out. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he will be a mile away \u2013 and barefoot. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">A closed mouth gathers no feet. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Age is a high price to pay for maturity. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Eat well, stay fit, die anyway. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Always yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of cheques. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Going to church does not make you a Christian, any more than going to a garage makes you a mechanic. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel good. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">If you choose between two evils, pick the one you\u2019ve never tried before. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\"><em>(ed. \u2013 This list of proverbs is a repost and has appeared in one form or another in By George a couple of times. 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