Common "Mis"sayings by Robert Scott

    Language is, as we know it, one of the most influential developments in human history.  The ability to communicate with one another through verbal means is what helped mankind transverse from the Stone Age and forward.  As language became more and more sophisticated, new forms of communication were made in turn.  One such development was the creation of "sayings", which are short sentences that are usually used to convey some sort of lesson.  Everybody knows at least one common saying, with many people knowing multiple as well.  I myself can be a frequenter of these common sayings, as they can provide an outlet for when there is pretty much nothing else to be said.  The sayings we all know, however, are not quite what they seem.  Many sayings actually have different or more complex lessons behind them than many know.  Given this, I decided to look into the more widely used sayings and see what's hiding in them.
    Out of all of the sayings that I saw, three stood out to me the most.  This is mainly because they are some of the most well-known sayings that are out there, in my opinion.  Of course, this really only covers sayings that are well known in English, but I figured those were the best to cover seeing as these are the ones that almost everyone we know has heard of. 
    The first saying:
    "Money is the root of all evil."
    The lesson behind this is obviously that money corrupts, much like how "absolute power corrupts absolutely".  The chief moral behind this saying is to avoid greed, which is something that can be said about the lesser-known secondhand version about this saying as well:
    "For the love of money is the root of all evil."
    As previously stated, this saying shares the same lesson as the shorter version.  There is one small change, though.  In the extended version, the love of money is the real evil rather than money itself.  This explicitly states that greed corrupts rather than it being implied, like in the shorter version of the saying.
    The second saying:
    "Blood is thicker than water."
    The moral behind this saying is that, as you most likely know, bonds between family are stronger than any other.  You should be closest to your family and always consider them before any other friends/relationships you may have.  The theorized longer version of this saying, on the other hand, actually says the opposite:
    "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb."
    In this version, the bonds one chooses and their agreements with others are more important than family.  This goes directly against the shorter version of the saying, with each person almost having more freedom to determine what's important to them.
    The third saying:
    "Jack of all trades, master of none."
    For reference, a "jack of all trades" is someone who can perform to at least an average level in many different activities.  This saying preaches that while someone can be average or possibly good at many things, they are also not perfect or great at one thing.  In the context this saying is usually used in, the "jack of all trades" is seen as a worse thing to be, as they are not a "master" of anything that they do.  The "jack of all trades" doesn't specialize, which is seen as a problem.  In the other version of the saying, however, things change:
    "Jack of all trades, master of none, though oftentimes better than master of one."
    This contradicts the other version of the saying in that the "jack of all trades" is not seen as the negative thing to be.  In this extended version, having an average/small amount of knowledge or skill in many areas is better than having a lot of knowledge or skill in one area.
    Those are some of the most popular sayings that anyone would recognize, in my opinion.  Of course, none of the lessons taught in either the more well-known versions or the lesser-known versions have to be taken to heart, but hey, now you have some choices.

Where I got the alternate versions of the sayings/where you can find a few more: 

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/7-common-sayings-that-dont-mean-what-you-think-they-mean-245885