[Ads-l] Proverb: Build a man a fire?

Peter Morris peter_morris_1 at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK
Tue Sep 1 11:25:23 UTC 2015


I first heard it in Terry Pratchett's novel Jingo (1997).
I can't say if he was the originator. 

Wikiquote reference: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Discworld#Jingo_.281997.29

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