Bonus points if it’s usually misused/misunderstood by the people who say it

  • SinkingLotus @lemmy.world
    96·
    9 months ago

    “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”.

    No it doesn’t. At most the world no longer has depth perception.

    • Obi@sopuli.xyz
      14·
      9 months ago

      Isn’t the idea that you’ll keep taking more eyes until there are none left? No mentions that it’s limited to one eye per person.