вЂњThe SpectatorвЂќ employed the clock-based simile when discussing this topic. If one maintained a single clothing style it would become passГ©, but eventually it would return to вЂњthe modeвЂќ, i.e., become fashionable again. Even in the 1700s dress fashions were ever changing. Quote Investigator: The earliest match located by QI appeared in вЂњThe SpectatorвЂќ magazine in 1711. Dodgson the author of вЂњAliceвЂ™s Adventures in WonderlandвЂќ. This saying has been attributed to the prominent Austrian writer Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach and to the famous childrenвЂ™s author Lewis Carroll, a.k.a., Charles L. A clock that stands still is sure to point right once in twelve hours.A broken watch is certain to be right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.Here are three versions of a proverb reflecting this observation: Dodgson? Joseph Addison? Richard Steele? Diedrich Knickerbocker? Washington Irving? Albany de Grenier Fonblanque? Paulo Coelho? Anonymous?Дear Quote Investigator: An obtuse, unreliable, or incompetent person occasionally performs properly. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach? Lewis Carroll? Charles L.

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