Modern Proverb: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. (antedating exact 1916)

[Victor Steinbok]

"There is an old saying in Tennessee--I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee ...That's, that's, fool me once ... shame on ... shame on you.
... If fool me, you can't get fooled again!"

On 3/28/2010 9:38 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> At 4:15 AM -0400 3/28/10, Garson O'Toole wrote:
>
>> Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
>>
>> Addendum: The proverb is worded in many different ways,
>>
> I've always liked GWB's wording:
>
> "Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again."
> Video at
> http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/bushvideos/v/bushfoolme.htm
> I'm pretty sure we can't turn up any pre-2002 antedatings of that version.
>
> LH
>
>

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