What popular saying is utter BS? – 21 absolute whoppers
12.
Cheats never prosper.
Sadix0000
13.
Hard work never killed anyone. Said by someone who never did any!
KruelKris
14.
“I before E except after C”
A popular grammar mnemonic that is utter bullshit, but one that has stuck in my brain so much I regularly spell “their” incorrectly while speed typing.
QMG
15.
You can’t make this stuff up.
KeepTangoAndFoxtrot
16.
“Fortune favours the brave.”
Famous recorded last words of Pliny the Elder as he ordered his ship to sail toward the erupting Vesuvius.
ad_nauseam1
17.
“We only use 10% of our brains”
No neurologist has ever uttered anything that could even be misinterpreted to conclude that. It’s a completely made up “fact”.
EagleScout1984
18.
terpterin
Via
19.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Almost always the opposite is true.
Imaginary_rain2390
20.
“Practice makes perfect”. This is only true if you practice it correctly. Bad practice leads to bad habits. I had a coach tell me once “Practice makes permanent”, and I think that’s much more accurate
qatest
21.
When one door closes another opens. Just not how doors work really.
Swadezy
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“We are all in this together.”
Griffon2112
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