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    According to this book it was used in the Washington Post in 1911 as: "Nor would a wise man, seeing that he was in a hole, go to work and blindly dig it deeper" Commented Mar 14, 2018 at 12:58
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    what about 2nd, 3rd AND 4th laws of holes: safalniveshak.com/investing-five-laws-of-holes Commented Mar 14, 2018 at 13:55
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    It might help to note that sometimes this is expanded or shortened with the addition or substitution of the phrase, "throw away the shovel". Commented Mar 14, 2018 at 14:28
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    People sometimes don't say the exact expression, but will say things like "you're just digging yourself in deeper." Commented Mar 15, 2018 at 14:42
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    I'm having trouble parsing the first sentence of the last paragraph. Commented Mar 15, 2018 at 14:44