Who fashioned the quote:

KingYaba

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Original poster

• Dec 3, 2006

• #1

"If you give then an inch, they will take a mile."

This has been bothering me all morning, any help? I can't find anything on Google. 🙁

 

Chaszmyr

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• Dec 3, 2006

• #2

It appears to be of unknown origin.

 

Jaffa Cake

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• Dec 3, 2006

• #3

I'd always assumed that it was simply one of those old sayings that didn't come from a particular individual – like 'look before you leap' and that sort of thing?

 

KingYaba

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Original poster

• Dec 3, 2006

• #4

I bet you guys are right, thanks anyway. 🙂

 

MongoTheGeek

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• Dec 3, 2006

• #5

according to this its been around at least 450 years and even then it was probably a bit hackneyed. I almost expected Aesop or a proverb to be the source of this one.