For every proverb saying one thing, there is usually another with an opposite meaning.

If there's one thing these Proverbial Opposites prove it's that "It's a poor rule that won't work both ways!"

Find a Proverbial Opposite of one of the maxim's below.



= 1. Fine feathers do not make fine birds
= 2. Many hands make light work
= 3. Enough is as good as a feast
= 4. It is never too late to mend
= 5. Hitch your wagon to a star
= 6. Out of sight, out of mind
= 7. Nothing ventured, nothing gained
= 8. The best things in life are free
= 9. Poverty is no sin
= 10. Birds of a feather flock together
= 11. Look before you leap
= 12. You can't teach an old dog new tricks
= 13. Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

2. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

11. Faint heart never won fair lady??

10. Opposites attract

5. Don't bite off more than you can chew

7. Don't judge a book by its cover??
I rthink I need a tall Dark Roast this morning soot! How about you/

1 - The habit does not make the monk or Clothes do not make the man

4. You're never too old to change your ways??

6. Absence makes the heart grow fonder

11. He who hesitates is lost - Hi Soot

Bernie

12. You're never too old to learn

Hi ya Bernie Redz Gerry Michele and Rog

I like everyone's Proverbial's

7. It's better to be safe than sorry

Right on Michele

8. There's no such thing as a free lunch

13. Eat, Drink and be Merry, for tomorrow we die

Yes and Yes manXman and Redz

9. The love of money is the root of all evil.

Good one manXman

It's not quite the answer for 3, but I like the Mark Twain quote: too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough!

Oh I like that Mark Twain quote too Lex and will accept it...the last half fits this solution quite nicely

I think that the usual basic version for 3 would be "you can't get too much of a good thing," but a number of philosophers would disagree!

You hit that one on the head Lex