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What EVERYBODY says must be true

a
1400
Legends of Saints
(STS) III. 105
For I fynd suthfastnes [truth], that al men sais, is nocht les [lies].
c
1475
in
Modern Philology
(1940) XXXVIII. 118
Hit ys cominly truye that all men sayth.
c
1518
tr.
Mancinus' Mirror of Good Manners
F1
^VIt nedes muste be trewe which euery man doth say.
1748
Clarissa IV
. 74
The most accomplished of women, as every one says; and what every one says must be true.
1905
Gospel according to St. Matthew
II. 246
‘What everybody says must be true’ is a cowardly proverb … What most people say is usually false.