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the second thoughts are invariably wiser.

1577
Chronicles
438
Oftentymes it chaunceth, that latter thoughts are better aduised than the first.
1581
tr.
S. Guazzo's Civil Conversation
i. 23
^VI finde verified that Prouerbe, That the second thoughts are euer the best.
1681
Spanish Friar
II
. 22
Second thoughts, they say, are best: I'll consider of it once again.
1813
Letter
11 Dec. (1974) III. 196
In composition I do not think
second
thoughts are best, though second expressions may improve the first ideas.
1908
Beau Brummel
I
. i.
Second thoughts seem to be always the best.
1981
Xanadu Talisman
v.
That was my first thought … But second thoughts are always best.