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ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 14 hours agoThis is one of my favorites because the shortened version is the actual opposite of the original. My family used the short version a lot hearing the long version for the first time felt kind of liberating :D
MrConfusion@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
If you read the Wikipedia article on the matter though, the long form given here does not seem to be “the original” by any means.
The “short” proverb is many hundred years old. The “long form” first appeared in the 1990s by a specific author.
It’s more an interpretation to negate an old proverb that the author disagreed with than anything.
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 12 hours ago
A little sad, but thanks for adding this!
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Damn bro, what a rollercoaster