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The truism to express that truism is: “for every axiom there is an
equal and opposite re-axiom.” <br>
<br>
A good illustration of it is the aphorism: “It’s the early bird that
gets the worm, but then it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese.”<br>
<br>
A favorite of mine along the lines of your collection on the emptiness
of talk was a blooper (committed by a pastor preaching from the
pulpit): “What we need around here is a lot less talk-talk, and a lot
more do-do.”<br>
<br>
--David T<br>
<br>
(ps You might enjoy a piece of mine on <a
href="http://www.sil.org/%7Etuggyd/ReinventWheel/ReinventWheel.htm">reinventing
wheels</a> which talks about another paradoxical truism.)<br>
<br>
bolstar1 wrote:
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<p> Folks, Fritz, and fellow lexico-buffs. I thought I'd finish
my thought<br>
about over-talkativeness, brevity, and the music of language. My point
was<br>
to show the paradox of the axiom. I've found that when a blanket truism
is<br>
declared, there is another, opposite truism that contradicts it, sort
of like<br>
the yin-yang principle.</p>
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