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Dec 9, 2019 · Clichés, goes the saying, become thus because they hold a grain of truth. The problem is that just as a grain of salt does not make a dish salty, a grain of truth does not make a...
Mar 26, 2022 · This belies a truth at the heart of the language: clichés are clichés for a reason. Their claim to power is found in familiarity, universal truths, and creating a sense of camaraderie. By definition, a cliché is meant to be unoriginal and unsophisticated.
- Actions Speak Louder Than Words.
- The Grass Is Always Greener on The Other side.
- The Apple Doesn’T Fall Far from The Tree.
- You Can’T Judge A Book by Its Cover.
- You Can’T Please everyone.
- What Doesn’T Kill You Makes You Stronger.
- Love Is Blind.
- Ignorance Is Bliss.
- There’S No Time Like The present.
- Better Safe Than Sorry.
In this day and age it seems like most people have the ability to say anything with absolute confidence no matter how untrue or just absurd it may be. Most people will say just about anything to get what they want, so it is more important now to judge people by what they do and not what they say. Anyone can talk a big game, but the truly great let ...
When you spend your days chasing a “greener” pasture or just about anything really, you will forget to enjoy the chase. When you’re constantly focusing on how things could be better, or how to make your next step, you never take the time to appreciate all the love and beauty that already surrounds you. The grass you currently occupy is as green as ...
From the moment we’re brought into this world we begin to take in massive amounts of information, and our earliest years are when we are most susceptible to conditioning. We are all products of our upbringings, and often habits that are formed for us before we even have a choice stick with us all our lives. Of course we all grow up to be at least s...
People are incredibly judgmental these days. The way someone looks or talks is instantly examined for any sort of flaw. So many people are different from how they present themselves, but with the quickness and severity of judgment present today, these people rarely get a chance to display who they truly are. If people took a little more time to get...
I’ve spent far too much of my life bending over backwards trying to get anyone and everyone to like me. I put so much stock in other peoples’ opinions that I forgot to even form my own. I realized that even if everyone else liked me that maybe I didn’t like myself very much. The truth is that no matter what you do with your life or how “successful”...
We’ve all gone through some sort of pain or conflict in our lives, and at least for anyone reading this, we’ve all made it out the other side. No matter how much you get hurt it will get better eventually and the world will keep on turning; and everything that we go through in life contributes to the person that we will become. The only way to grow...
Most love these days is conditional and based on appearances or circumstances, but real love doesn’t care about any of that stuff. True love is unconditional and given without any expectation of reciprocation. When you really love someone you don’t care what they look like, or what mistakes they may happen to make, you just love them no matter what...
We spend most of our childhood just wanting to grow up, but then we spend adulthood just wishing we could be a kid again. As kids we are relatively unaware of the world around us and have a very narrow view on the way things are, but with age comes more knowledge and exposure to the world around us. We begin to see just how much is wrong with the w...
This is maybe the only one that is as much a fact as it is a cliché. The present is in fact the only moment in time that we have the opportunity to live in and do anything. We spend so much of our time and energy thinking about the past or future that we can do absolutely nothing about. The past is done with and there’s nothing you can do to change...
I thought it would be interesting to close with one that I completely disagree with instead, so here goes. I’ve spent the better part of my life being safe and sorry so trust me when I say they’re not mutually exclusive. Playing it safe has just as good a chance of making you sorry in the end as taking a risk does. The only way to guarantee failure...
Apr 22, 2022 · Key points. Clichés may feel trite and overused, but they are also true for many people. Clichés can be a useful shorthand for all of the thinking and emotional work a person has done. When...
Another version of ‘to be honest’ is ‘to tell you the truth’ – which similarly makes you wonder what the speaker had been doing up to that point. This is one of the most overused expressions in the English language, and adds very little to the majority of sentences in which you’ll hear it said.
Apr 28, 2022 · The moment of truth is that moment when the truth comes out. It's when you see if you are right or wrong, or if something is going to work out or not.
Feb 6, 2024 · They're considered thought-terminating, and although seemingly harmless, in some settings are used to shut-down critical thinking, explains Dr Catriona Davis-McCabe, president of the Australian Psychological Society. "Thought-terminating cliches are a statement that's commonly used to shut people down.
