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Proverb

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Choose a saying, then choose who has to live with it.

A measuring rod over a board with two notches.
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A proverb is a sentence a lot of people already half-believe. It is not about one person’s Tuesday. Putting it in public is a decision: you are spreading an idea, and the audience decides whether it helps or scolds.

Same words, different room

“Measure twice, cut once” helps someone about to send a message they cannot unsend. On a poster in a hospital waiting room, the same sentence sounds like blame.