In plain words
Fixing a small problem right away stops it from becoming a big one.
Where these words come from
- 83% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- First printed in Thomas Fuller's Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs (1732), as 'A Stitch in Time May save nine.' The 'may'-less exact modern wording appears in Francis Baily's Journal (written 1797, published 1856).
- Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia
- 1732
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