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An old truism..

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muralboy:

--- Quote from: muralboy on November 04, 2015, 03:23:03 AM ---My initial guess is Oedipus

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Or Sophocles

slojoe:
For some reason, I remember this quote from a Texaco commercial back in the early 60's, don't know why, well today, after several good guesses had to google it myself, attributed to  an English dude named John Heywood in an 1867 book called The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood, guess I learned something.

Ka Honu:
Look a little deeper. Heywood was not the originator; he just included it (and many others) in his anthology.

TwoPockets:
Made my head hurt.

deestafford:
Turtle know of what he speaks...it was his  tenth grade English teacher.  Dee

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