Daily writing prompt

Share a proverb you think is completely wrong and make your case.

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“If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain.”

Maybe Muhammad is a beach person. I think it’s just a parallel construction run amok. Everything sounds wise in parallel construction — whether it is or not. “Ask not what your country can do for you,…” “If you can’t change a diaper, the diaper will change you.” etc.