Proverb: omlets are not made without breaking eggs (antedating 1796 May)

[Ken Hirsch]

Here it is in a letter from 1748, again in a French military context:


On ne sçauroit faire d'Omelette sans casser des oeufs

http://books.google.com/books?id=WVs2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA120&dq=%22sans+casser%22

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