“Everything comes to he who waits.” Right? Or is it, “He who hesitates is lost?” It seems that every proverb can be countered with another proverb that is equally powerful. That’s the point of a new book that asks us to take a closer look at popular and familiar aphorisms.
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Oh my—”everything comes to HIM who waits”, never “he who waits”. Whether the aphorism is true or not is up for grabs, but as stated it definitely is not “right”.