Don't forget:

- The customer is always right in matters of taste

- Jack of all trades, master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one

- Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back

- A few bad apples spoil the barrel

- Great minds think alike, though fools seldom differ

Even "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" was originally meant to highlight the absurd futility of a situation.