Who fashioned the quote:

[KingYaba]

"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]

It appears to be of unknown origin.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

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]

I bet you guys are right, thanks anyway.

 

[MongoTheGeek]

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.