Principles of Nature: towards a new visual language
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Revising some idioms of speech
—aphorisms are catchy, sometimes dangerous. Here the author revises a few.
- He who hesitates is lost, perhaps, and on rare occasions.
(But he who never hesitates is most certainly a fool.) - Look before you jump
(Now you see, that validates the qualification of aphorism # 1) - A rolling stone gathers no moss
...until it hits rock-bottom - Prevention is better than cure
(unless prevention is impossible, then cure is better.) - Two heads are better than one
...so long as you're not of two minds - A prophet's never accepted in his own country
because they don't believe in prophets any more - Safety in numbers
(and danger too; BIG danger) - There is nothing new under the sun
except that which is the Oldest. - A mule may be wiser than one wasn't led to believe.
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