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<wordnerd> |
What is the earliest known appearance of the phrase "All's fair in love and war"? Not the exact phrasing, but the sentiment? A poster on another board claims, "The earliest source is from Chaucer in Troilus and Criseyde (c.1380)," but I have two problems with his view, which he does not support with any exact quote or secondary authority:
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<Asa Lovejoy> |
I can't find proof right now, but I'd swear it's from Juvenal. | ||
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That would seem plausible, but I couldn't find it either. I found this list of Juvenal's quotes. I wonder what is so intolerable about a wealthy woman. | |||
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