English

Proverb

proverbs come in pairs

1. Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs
   • 1979, Irving Howe, John Hollander, David Bromwich, Literature as Experience: An Anthology, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0155511130, page 325:

     Sometimes proverbs come in pairs, the first one providing the context, the second, the revision.