It very well could go back even farther but so many terms and phrases originated in obscurity then became known. At least the older terms that didn't have instant communication available in their inception. People seem to attribute common ones to known people most of the time but those people were just repeating a saying they heard from someone else.
Also my favorite, "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt".
That was Mark Twain.
THANK YOU! I never remember who said it! Though I really should since I love the quote so much....
I always thought it was Abe Lincoln...
It very well could go back even farther but so many terms and phrases originated in obscurity then became known. At least the older terms that didn't have instant communication available in their inception. People seem to attribute common ones to known people most of the time but those people were just repeating a saying they heard from someone else.
Life is a big game of telephone.
true a fool always has answer for everything so i think is the silence the best answer