We haven't done a story cupboard post in a while and in remembering an old sign I read from many years ago, "The hurrier I go, the behinder I get", I thought why not use old sayings for an idea starter? I was thinking that noir would be a suitable genre for that particular quote. Kind of like digging your own grave in a way. Ah...there's another one.
So where do you find all these old sayings, you ask? Well right here http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/proverb.html And here are a few to get you started.
"Evil is sooner believed than good." You know how that works, the evil guy is always so smooth and charming and the good guy comes off as a fool.
"Feather by feather the goose can be plucked." A neat way to seek revenge, don't you think? Think along the lines of one small razor slash or pinprick at a time. Painful in such a way that the person being plucked will be begging you to hurry up and be done.
"Anger without power is folly." Make sure you can take the bad guy before you try to match wits with him. Rich vs poor, old vs young, father vs son, there's any number of combinations of characters that fit into this one.
"An enemy will agree but a friend will argue." of course, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." would be a nice fit in this scenario. Three characters trapped in a room or a building, maybe the cops or a madman outside. How did they get in this situation and who do they trust?
"Every ass loves to hear himself bray." Now that one is a dandy base for great humorous character.
Yes, the sayings are old, but if you think of them in terms of our world today, they can spark an idea to get you started.
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Truisms that actually are true. Especially that evil is sooner believed.
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