one story is good till another is told
- one story is good till another is told
1593 R. GREENE Mamillia II. 222 One tale is alwayes good vntil another is heard.
a 1661 T. FULLER Worthies (Kent) 65 One story is good till another is heard.
1769 Boston Gazette 24 Apr. 2 The proverb, however homely it may be, will be allow’d by impartial men to be just, that ‘one story is good, till another is told.’
1831 MACAULAY in Edinburgh Review Jan. 515 A theory is not proved..because the evidence in its favour looks well at first sight... ‘One story is good till another is told!’
1922 JOYCE Ulysses 121 One story good till you hear the next.
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