[Ads-l] "worth overdoing"

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Thank you for sharing that excellent citation, Peter. I have updated
the QI article and changes should be visible within 24 hours.

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Many thanks to Peter Morris who told QI about the 1867 citation.
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Here is a link to the article:
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/11/02/worth-overdoing/

Garson

On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 1:52 PM mr_peter_morris at outlook.com
<mr_peter_morris at outlook.com> wrote:
>
> Here's an example from 1867
>
> "If draining is worth doing at all, it is worth overdoing"
>
> Draining for Profit and Draining for Health.
> Geo. E. Waring Jr
>
>
> https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Draining_for_Profit_and_Draining_for_Hea/GsUOAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22worth+doing%22+%22overdoing%22&pg=PA48&printsec=frontcover

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