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if you believe everything you read, better not to read

if you believe everything you read, better not to read proverb: one should not always believe or rely on the factual accuracy of printed matter.

Proverb

if you believe everything you read, better not to read

  1. One should not always believe or rely on the factual accuracy of printed matter.

Questions about if you believe everything you read, better not to read

What does if you believe everything you read, better not to read mean?
If you believe everything you read, better not to read means one should not always believe or rely on the factual accuracy of printed matter.
What part of speech is if you believe everything you read, better not to read?
If you believe everything you read, better not to read is a proverb.

Words near if you believe everything you read, better not to read in the dictionary

  1. if we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs, if we had some eggs
  2. if wishes were horses, beggars might ride
  3. if wishes were horses, beggars would ride
  4. if you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time
  5. if you ask me
  6. if you believe everything you read, better not to read
  7. if you build it, they will come
  8. if you can't beat them, eat them
  9. if you can't beat them, join them
  10. if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull
  11. if you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, blind them with bullshit

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