| Common Version | Origin | Original Version | Origin | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Money is the root of all evil. | Bible | The {love of} money is the root of all kinds of evil. | Bible | 54%
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| Great minds think alike. | Unknown | Great minds think alike, though {fools} seldom {differ}. | Unknown | 38%
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| Jack of all trades, master of none. | Unknown | Jack of all trades, master of none, though oftentimes better than {master} of {one}. | Unknown | 38%
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| Let them eat cake. | Marie Antoinette | Let them eat {brioche}. | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 38%
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| Blood is thicker than water. | Bible | The blood of the {covenant} is thicker than the water of the {womb}. | Bible | 38%
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| You can’t have your cake and eat it too. | Unknown | You can't {eat} the cake and then still {have} it too. | Unknown | 38%
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| Winning isn’t everything. | Vince Lombardi | Winning isn't everything. It's the {only thing}. | Henry Russell (Red) Sanders | 31%
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| Birds of a feather flock together. | Unknown | Birds of a feather flock together, until the {cat} comes. | Unknown | 23%
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| The early bird gets the worm. | Unknown | The early bird gets the worm, but the {second} mouse gets the {cheese}. | Unknown | 23%
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| The journey of a 1,000 miles begins with a single step. | Confucius | A journey of {400} miles begins {beneath} one's feet. | Lao Tzu | 15%
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| A rolling stone gathers no moss. | Unknown | As the rolling stone gathers no moss, so the {roving} heart gathers no {affections}. | Quintilian | 15%
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| Curiosity killed the cat. | Unknown | {Care} killed the cat. | William Shakespeare | 15%
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| Carpe diem (Seize the day). | Horace | Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero (Seize the {present}, put very little {trust} in {tomorrow}. | Horace | 15%
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| My country, right or wrong. | Carl Schurz | My country, right or wrong; if right, to be {kept right}; and if wrong to be {set right}. | Carl Schurz | 15%
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| Ignorance is bliss. | Thomas Gray | Where ignorance is bliss, it's {folly} to be {wise}. | Thomas Gray | 15%
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