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The earliest allusion to this idiom (that I can find) is Aesop's Fable about the Fox and the Lion... I'm also curious to know if it originated earlier.
In Latin, the phrase is 'Cotidiana Valescunt' though I have no idea if it was a colloquial saying in Roman times.
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