Truth in these sayings?

[AB Editor]

Dear All. 

I hope everyone is well. We at the AnswerBank sometimes like to ask you a few questions and gauge the general feeling of our users on various subjects. Today we'd like to ask you to tell us whether you agree with the following statements, please tick all you believe to be "true".

 

This poll is closed.

Is there truth in any of these sayings? please tick all which you believe to be true.

• The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - 55 votes
• 13%
• What goes around comes around - 49 votes
• 12%
• I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it. - 43 votes
• 10%
• What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork. - 41 votes
• 10%
• The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. - 36 votes
• 8%
• An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind. - 35 votes
• 8%
• Mistakes are the portals of discovery. - 35 votes
• 8%
• A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. - 33 votes
• 8%
• Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach. - 22 votes
• 5%
• There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. - 18 votes
• 4%
• Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. - 17 votes
• 4%
• No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience. - 13 votes
• 3%
• God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. - 10 votes
• 2%
• A watched pot never boils - 9 votes
• 2%
• Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities. - 6 votes
• 1%
• Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. - 4 votes
• 1%

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[AB Editor]

Currently this: The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Is the most true I guess!

Spare Ed

[yogi-bear]

I'm a little surprised at that, Ed, but early days I suppose.....more good folk to vote yet....see whether the leader changes.

[AB Editor]

I would have thought this was no.1 in all honesty:

A watched pot never boils

Because, quite frankly, the tea round takes forever if I am anywhere near the kettle.

Spare

[yogi-bear]

Here we go.. .......i knew they were out there....lol ........now the chase is on :0)

[yogi-bear]

I agree with you there, Ed.......thats one i did tick and vote for too :0)

[AB Editor]

Certainly is Yogi!

I will do some more of these if they catch on. I like the idea of taking a pulse of a community by offering defining "truths" to agree or disagree with!

Spare Ed

[yogi-bear]

LOL...Spare Ed.

....remind me to bring a flask with me if I ever visit AB Towers then......lol

You're team must be parched if you're on the tea rounds.

[AB Editor]

They may be a little dehydrated...

[mccfluff]

talkign of which i could do with a cuppa and seeing as its me and the boss guess i'll be making it!

[DrFilth]

i am glad the ed did not put his one up
there is no smoke without fire

this was written before smoke bombs were invented ?

[mccfluff]

D is my number 1 btw

[AB Editor]

Dr.Filth, I would have put it in there, had I thought of it.

I am glad: "I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it. "

is creeping up the poll.

Spare Ed

[ll_billym]

A witty saying proves nothing.

[rojash]

How many of those who checked "I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it.", would really be willing to die defending another's beliefs? Most of us are not even prepared to die defending our own...

[WILLWONKER]

I'm just happy to get my bottle, and have a good splash in my nappy.