Antimetabole

Literary device In rhetoric, antimetabole (/æntɪməˈtæbəliː/ AN-ti-mə-TAB-ə-lee) is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed order; for example, "I know what I like, and I like what I know". It is related to, and sometimes considered a special case of, chiasmus. An antimetabole can be predictive, because it is easy to reverse the terms. It may trigger deeper reflection than merely stating one half of the line. Etymology It is derived from the Greek ἀντιμεταβολή (antimetabolḗ), from ἀντί (antí, 'against, opposite') and μεταβολή (metabolḗ, 'turning about, change'). Examples Proverbs "Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno" ("One for all, all for one") "Eat to live, do not live to eat." (Often attributed incorrectly to Socrates.) "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” (Often misattributed to Benjamin Franklin.) Literature "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" — William Shakespeare, Macbeth "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." —Mark 2:27 "All crime is vulgar, just as all vulgarity is crime" — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray "He was just the man fo