What is the origin of the phrase "Let sleeping dogs lie".

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Originally posted by Storm:
What is the origin of the phrase "Let sleeping dogs lie".

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This phrase come from an old Italian proverb. For more information click link.

Italian proverb

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Originally posted by Sagus:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Storm:
What is the origin of the phrase "Let sleeping dogs lie".

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This phrase come from an old Italian proverb. For more information click link.

http://www.italiansrus.com/proverbs/proverb12.htm [/QUOTE]
this phrase is also attributed to Geoffrey Chaucer (1374). (Troillus and Criseyde.) in the form "It is not good to let a sleeping hound wake." Whether this came before or after the Italian proverb I don't know.