To X Y is to Y X

We all know that: “To fail to plan is to plan to fail”, and today I saw Arie’s MSN message: “You ca
ot believe what you know until you know what you believe”. I wonder whether you can generate random believable quotes by taking two words and then reversing their order.
It reminds me of a conversation in Mystery Men:
Mr. Furious: Okay, am I the only one who finds these sayings just a little bit formulaic? “If you want to push something down, you have to pull it up. If you want to go left, you have to go right.” It’s…
The Sphinx: Your temper is very quick, my friend. But until you learn to master your rage…
Mr. Furious: …your rage will become your master? That’s what you were going to say. Right? Right?

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