HIT: REF: Quotation

[Doris Black <djblack@CABLEONE.NET>]

Thank you to everyone who responded to my request for the person who =
said "He who hesitates is lost." =20

Several people referred me to wiseoldsayings.com, =
http://www.wiseoldsayings.com/wosdirectoryh.htm, which says that Joseph =
Addison said it. =20

Patsy McLaughlin wrote, "The fifth edition of The Oxford Dictionary of =
Quotations identifies this as a proverb (page602, #27), with a reference =
to Joseph Addison(p.4, # 12), which lists "The woman that deliberates is =
lost. -Cato (1713) act 4, se. I, l.31)." =20

Cathy Rettberg said, "Bartleby's has it as an unattributed proverb. =
Probably a piece of  wisdom that goes back a long way, with no real =
author!"

I appreciate all of the responses.  As usual, you guys were sift and =
sure!

Doris Black
Sierra Middle School Librarian
Roswell, NM
djblack@cableone.net

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