Quote#Wisdom
The worst comes to the worst
Quote byThomas Middleton · 1580–1627
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Phœnix (1603-4), Act iii. Sc. 1. Compare: "Worst comes to the worst", Cervantes, Don Quixote, part i. book iii. chap. v.; Marston, The Dutch Courtezan, act iii. sc. 1..
English (original)
The worst comes to the worst.
— Thomas Middleton
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