EPTOn August 08 2012 03:26 zmansman17 wrote:
In the words of Dr. Seus, "Those who matter don't mind. And those who mind don't matter!"
^_^
In the words of Dr. Seus, "Those who matter don't mind. And those who mind don't matter!"
^_^
That last sentence is a chiasmus,
"A grammatical figure by which the order of words in one of two of parallel clauses is inverted in the other."
I kind of love these, especially the longer ones
Wikipedia lists a few of them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiasmus#Synonym_for_antimetabole
http://www.drmardy.com/chiasmus/definition.shtml
some examples:
- one for all, all for one
- it's nice to be important but more important to be nice
- quitters never win and winners never quit
some famous ones:
http://quotes-motivational-inspirational.blogspot.nl/
Was wondering if any of you know some cool ones not listed on wikipedia or easily found with google
