For example "two heads are better than one" How about the heads of two mad people, are they better than one head of a person with a sound mind?
I want to request you to read one article written by Stephen Leacock: Old proverbs made new.
You will definitely get a huge amusement !
Heaven helps those who help themselves. I wonder how much we help ourselves in making the rain fall, the sun shine, night fall and sun rise, air we breath and much more areas where we just consume without producing.
I think in our current era it is very common to find 'two heads of idiots' to be the head of a government or any other high power institution...
The age long sayings are still solid. They ate idioms that should not be taken literally.
The patient dog still eats the fat bone, impatience is not a virtue and can cost even life.
It is because two heads are better than one that Researchgate was set up to harness the heads.
Obianuju P. Umeji
Proverbs don't always contain universal truths. They may also contain partial or impossible truths. But this is not relevant. What matters is that they are true or valid when used in context. They merely offer options to recurring situations, hence the existence of contradcitory proverbs. The notion of truth is often an illusion created by the generic meaning of proverbs and their law-like structure, which are necessary for proverbial usage. Among the most controversial proverbs (out of context), one may cite "Money can't buy happiness".
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