THE BIBLE-RELATED QUOTE THAT’S NOT IN THE BIBLE: “None so blind as those that will not see.” |
THE LAME EXCUSE VARIATION: “There are none so lame as those who will not walk.” |
THE TRUE BELIEVER PRINCIPLE: “There are none so positive as those who are but half right.” |
SPURGEON’S VERSION: “There are none so tender as those who have been skinned themselves.” |
THE UNWORTHY WISH LIST VERSION: “There are none so bitterly disappointed as those who have got what they wanted, because human nature is so sadly prone to want such things as are unworthy.” |
THE IRRITATING BLOWHARDS PRINCIPLE: “None so empty as those who are full of themselves.” |
THE IRRITATING CRITICS PRINCIPLE: “There’s none so bland as can’t see.” Editorial comment in a 1994 issue of the Theatre Record Regarding a critic’s negative review of an avant-garde adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III |
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