denis winston healey said if you find yourself in a hole stop digging in 1964.
denis winston healey said if you find yourself in a hole stop digging in 1964.
who said if you find yourself in a hole stop digging in 1964?
denis winston healey
the adage has been attributed to a number of sources. it appeared in print on page six of "the washington post" dated october 25, 1911, in the form: "nor would a wise man, seeing that he was in a hole, go to work and blindly dig it deeper..." in "the bankers magazine", it was published in 1964 as: "let me tell you about the law of holes: if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging."
law of holes
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the first law of holes, or the law of holes, is an adage which states that "if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging". digging a hole makes it deeper and therefore harder to get back out, which is used as a metaphor that when in an untenable position, it is best to stop carrying on and exacerbating the situation.









































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law of holes