# Dueling Aphorisms **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 28, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585 "2009-07-28T20:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/1 "2009-07-28T20:02:03Z")
Haste makes waste **vs.** He who hesitates is lost A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush **vs.** Nothing ventured, nothing gained ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/2 "2009-07-28T20:10:19Z")
Absence makes the heart grow fonder vs. out of sight, out of mind. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/3 "2009-07-28T20:23:14Z")
Too many cooks spoil the soup, but many hands make light work. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/4 "2009-07-28T20:34:56Z")
A stitch in time saves nine vs. the tortoise beats the hare ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/5 "2009-07-28T20:54:31Z")
Heh. Not really aphorisms, but two dueling something-or-others I’ll always remember from reading Fulghum’s \*Everything I Needed To Know I Learned In Kindergardten \*were: Always trust in God. And always build your house on high ground. –and– Always trust your neighbors. And always live in a good neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/6 "2009-07-29T13:19:26Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Haste makes waste **vs.** He who hesitates is lost I always preferred the matchup of He who hesitates is lost \*vs.\*Look before you Leap ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/7 "2009-07-29T16:50:31Z")
have and not need vs. less is more ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/8 "2009-07-29T16:51:39Z")
No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings. _–Blake_ If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. _–Newton_ ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/9 "2009-07-30T05:42:03Z")
_Good things come to those who wait._ vs. _The early bird gets the worm._ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/10 "2009-07-30T05:56:21Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > A stitch in time saves nine vs. the tortoise beats the hare Aren’t these saying about the same thing? That is, it’s better to spend time to do something right, being slow/steady is good? ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/11 "2009-07-30T07:24:35Z")
_Penny wise, pound foolish_ vs _Look after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves_ ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/12 "2009-07-30T08:12:53Z")
I first heard it here… The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/13 "2009-07-30T15:58:43Z")
great minds think alike **vs.** fools seldom differ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/14 "2009-07-30T17:32:43Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Aren’t these saying about the same thing? That is, it’s better to spend time to do something right, being slow/steady is good? The first one is saying don’t procrastinate, do a small/easy thing now or be stuck doing a lot later. ---
**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/15 "2009-07-30T18:08:25Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Too many \*\*cooks \*\*spoil the soup, but many hands make light work. I read that as cocks. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/16 "2009-07-30T19:08:03Z")
Yeah, you really want to stir the soup with one cock, three at the outside. Otherwise it’s just too many flavors colliding. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/17 "2009-07-30T19:12:10Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Yeah, you really want to stir the soup with one cock, three at the outside. Otherwise it’s just too many flavors colliding. I just assumed it would wind up being too salty… ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/18 "2009-07-30T19:16:54Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Yeah, you really want to stir the soup with one cock, three at the outside. Otherwise it’s just too many flavors colliding. > [@Asimovian](#): > > I just assumed it would wind up being too salty… Note to self: Never eat the vichyssoise at **gigi** ’s or **Asimovian** ’s. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/19 "2009-07-30T19:29:34Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Note to self: Never eat the vichyssoise at **gigi** ’s or **Asimovian** ’s. I think you just created a new aphorism. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585/20 "2009-07-31T00:53:41Z")
> [@dwc1970](#): > > _Good things come to those who wait._ > > vs. > > _The early bird gets the worm._ If the early bird gets the worm, what does the early worm get? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-aphorisms/504585.md?page=2)