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MIButterfly

(924 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2025, 01:42 PM Jun 11

Sayings I've heard all my life that I've come to realize are not true. [View all]

Crime doesn't pay. Like hell.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat. Like hell.

No one is above the law. Like hell.

Whatever you do comes back to you. Like hell.

Liberty and justice for all. Like hell.

There is good in everyone. Like hell.

Thank you, DJT, for my disillusionment.

Feel free to add your own.

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Sayings I've heard all my life that I've come to realize are not true. [View all] MIButterfly Jun 11 OP

The land of the free. Permanut Jun 11 #1

Here's one that's holding up pretty well ... eppur_se_muova Jun 11 #2

Failure to remember the past something... Something... Something... czarjak Jun 11 #3

Best advice I've gotten, and the "Twelfth general order of a sentry" in the service. (There are 11) usonian Jun 11 #4

Lawyers never lie because they have to abide by ethics standards. Baitball Blogger Jun 11 #5

The "No one is above the law" one i knew was mwmisses4289 Jun 11 #6

The badge is you friend. republianmushroom Jun 11 #7

republicons are conservative BoRaGard Jun 11 #8