Origin of “Don't ask the question if you're not prepared to hear the answer”?
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It is a saying, or life advice perhaps. Not everyone is taught it. Where did it come from? The Bible? A philosopher? Literature? Does it have a canonical name?
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It is a saying, or life advice perhaps. Not everyone is taught it. Where did it come from? The Bible? A philosopher? Literature? Does it have a canonical name?
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Sometimes people just put words together to create sentences that convey the ideas that they want to communicate. They don’t all have documented etymologies.
– Jim
16 hours ago
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It is a saying, or life advice perhaps. Not everyone is taught it. Where did it come from? The Bible? A philosopher? Literature? Does it have a canonical name?
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– marcellothearcane
16 hours ago
Sometimes people just put words together to create sentences that convey the ideas that they want to communicate. They don’t all have documented etymologies.
– Jim
16 hours ago
add a comment |
Have you done any research?
– marcellothearcane
16 hours ago
Sometimes people just put words together to create sentences that convey the ideas that they want to communicate. They don’t all have documented etymologies.
– Jim
16 hours ago
Have you done any research?
– marcellothearcane
16 hours ago
Have you done any research?
– marcellothearcane
16 hours ago
Sometimes people just put words together to create sentences that convey the ideas that they want to communicate. They don’t all have documented etymologies.
– Jim
16 hours ago
Sometimes people just put words together to create sentences that convey the ideas that they want to communicate. They don’t all have documented etymologies.
– Jim
16 hours ago
add a comment |
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– marcellothearcane
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Sometimes people just put words together to create sentences that convey the ideas that they want to communicate. They don’t all have documented etymologies.
– Jim
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