Paradoxical Sentences

This topic was created in the Miscellaneous forum by cIoudy on Saturday, January 7, 2017 and has 21 replies.

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The man that always lies says: I have never told the truth.

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are those framing paradoxes or something. What are they called? I was fascinated with them when I was younger/dumber

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@hydorah you're lovely/smart. Why don't you contribute some more to this thread?

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This is off topic, but what is your opinion on "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" ?

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Posted by cIoudy
I have never told the truth.

I rethought it. This is not a paradox. Tiziani made the only paradoxical statement in this thread.

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Juts found this --

You can save money by spending it.

I'm nobody.

"What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young." - George Bernard Shaw

Wise fool

Bittersweet

"I can resist anything but temptation."-Oscar Wilde

I'm a compulsive liar- am I lying when I say that?

A rich man is no richer than a poor man.

Nobody goes to that restaurant because it is too crowded.

You shouldn't go in the water until you know how to swim.

If you didn't get this message, call me.

The person who wrote something so stupid can't write at all

Men work together whether they work together or apart. - Robert Frost

Be cruel to be kind

The beginning of the end

Drowning in the fountain of eternal life

Deep down, you're really shallow.

Read more at http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-paradox.html#RXHlqY8hlTsp5Fsj.99

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