Seek, and you shall find; Curiosity killed the cat, but the pen is mightier than the sword, and actions speak louder than words. Too many cooks spoil the broth, but the more the merrier. The clothes make the man, but don’t judge a book by its cover. Do as I say, not as I do, and imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. The bigger the better, but good things come in small packages. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander, and one man’s meat is another man’s poison. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.
Dueling proverbs are fun, but the real art is in reconciling them. For example, when it comes to that last one, I love what Francois De La Rochefoucauld said: Absence extinguishes minor passions but increases great ones, just as the wind can blow out a candle but fan a fire.