Quotes on Betrayal and Usefulness: Insights into Human Nature

Today's proverbs highlight the fickleness of human nature, illustrating how people and things are often discarded once they've served their purpose.

⊙ Quote of the Day: The Fickleness of Human Nature

Kill the dog after hunting is over.

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Thrown away like an old shoe.

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Today's proverbs describe situations where a person or object that has served its purpose is discarded as useless. These proverbs are metaphors for the plight of people who are ungratefully or callously discarded when they outlive their usefulness.

"Kill the dog after hunting is over." This proverb describes the scenario of using a hunting dog when it is needed and then cruelly abandoning it when it is no longer necessary. It serves as a warning against betraying people or discarding them as useless after they have served their purpose.

"Thrown away like an old shoe." This proverb is a metaphor for a person or object that is discarded when it becomes obsolete. It criticizes ungrateful attitudes, highlighting the tendency to discard what is no longer deemed useful.

Today's proverbs speak to the fickleness of human nature and how we often tend to value things only when they are useful to us. A particularly wicked and selfish person will be quick to discard something once it has served its purpose, even if it has been a faithful companion or valuable tool. We should never treat others as mere tools to be used and discarded at will. We should value and respect our colleagues as people, recognizing that things and people have intrinsic value, even when they are no longer useful to us.

⊙ On Betrayal and Usefulness: Wisdom from Proverbs and Quotes

• "Vanity is used and then forgotten."

• "The gray wolf dies where the hunt ends."

• "Selfish people use others and discard them."

• "Trust is like a Paper. once it's crumpled it can't be perfect again."

• "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." - Proverb

• "Out of sight, out of mind." - Proverb

• "After a rabbit hunt is over, the now-useless hunting dog is boiled and eaten." - Proverb

• "Climb the tree and shake it." - Proverb

• "When fortune deserts, friends are distant." - Italian Proverb

• "A traitor is always betrayed." - Leonardo da Vinci

• "Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee." - William Penn

• "Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray there." - Thomas Fuller

• "Let me give you some advice. Assume everyone will betray you and you will never be disappointed." - Tobias Beckett, Han Solo: A Star Wars Story

• "What can I do so that nothing happens to me? (Use them appropriately and discard them once you're done.)" - Movie "Fight Club"

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