when things are at the worst they begin to mend
- when things are at the worst they begin to mend
1582 G. WHETSTONE Heptameron of Civil Discourses vi. Thinges when they are at the worst, begin again to amend. The Feauer giueth place to health, when he hath brought the pacyent to deathes door.
1600 Sir John Oldcastle H1v Patience good madame, things at worst will mend.
1623 J. WEBSTER Duchess of Malfi IV. i. Things being at the worst, begin to mend.
1748 RICHARDSON Clarissa III. liv. When things are at the worst they must mend.
1889 GISSING Nether World I. ii. When things are at the worst they begin to mend... It can’t be much longer before he gets work.
1928 M. SUMMERS Vampire V. If there be any truth in the old adage, that ‘When things are at the worst they must amend,’ the bettering of Spectral Melodrama is not distant.
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