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Date: 2013-05-02 06:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dave riba
Interesting. Had not really thought of the etymology of those sayings until you brought it up.
A quick superficial search brings up this origin theory

Shakespeare used the idea in 1595 in King John when he wrote, "Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire; / Threaten the threatener and outface the brow / Of bragging horror." However, Shakespeare did not actually use the phrase "fight fire with fire."

So, it is not FIGHT fire with fire, it is BE fire with fire -- eg if you are threatened, threaten back. Makes much more sense

You asked for other sayings?
A stitch in time saves nine.
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