First time I heard about paraprosdokians, I liked them. Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected and is frequently humorous. (Winston Churchill loved them).
- Where there’s a will, I want to be in it
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The last thing I want to do is hurt you … but it’s still on my list.
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Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
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We never really grow up — we only learn how to act in public.
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War does not determine who is right, only who is left.
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Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research. Continue reading