88% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
What turned up
Earliest recorded English use: Sir Edwin Sandys, Europae Speculum (written 1599, published 1605) — 'who think honestie the best policie'; a first-print attestation of a proverb, not a coinage
Work
Sir Edwin Sandys, Europae Speculum
Occasion
1605
Sources checked
phrases.org.ukChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026Cites Sandys' Europae Speculum, 1599, with the original spelling quotation
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