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    Everything is fair in love, war and business. How did this phrase originate?

    Question #74796. Asked by armindasantana. (Jan 21 07 12:52 PM)


    skysmom65

    		All's fair in love and war
    Any conduct is permissible in certain circumstances, as in Of course he called her--all's fair in love and war. This maxim, stated in various forms from 1579 on, today sometimes appears altered by an addition or substitution, as in All's fair in love and the World Series, or All's fair in love and war and an election year.
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    Jan 21 07, 4:56 PM
    lanfranco

    		"The rules of fair play do not apply in love and war."

    John Lyly, "Euphues", 1578.


    http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/8/messages/366.html

    Jan 21 07, 7:29 PM

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