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1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 31^v Anye impietie may lawfully be committed in loue, which is lawlesse.]

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote xxi. 138 Loue and warre are all one [Sp. el amor y la guerra son vna misma cosa]: and as in warre it is lawful to vse sleights and stratagems to ouercome the enemy: So in amorous strifes and competencies, Impostures and iuggling tricks are held for good, to attaine to the wished end.

1717 W. Taverner Artful Husband (new ed.) ii. 38 All advantages are fair in Love and War.

1789 Relapse I. xvi. 140 Tho' this was a confounded lie, my friend, ‘all is fair in love and war’.

1845 G. P. R. James Smuggler I. iv. 95 In love and war, every stratagem is fair, they say.

1850 F. E. Smedley Frank Fairlegh xlix. 434 All's fair in love and war, you know.

1905 Washington Post 9 June 2/5 New Yorker so busy wooing he forgot he had no funds. ‘All is fair in love and war,’ holds good in fiction, but not in the eyes of the police.

1979 ‘J. Gash’ Grail Tree v. 45 All's fair in love, war and antiques.

2005 Cosmopolitan Aug. 218/1 All's fair in love and war, so flick the trip switch in the fuse box. Without electricity, he's forced to surrender his console and get back to basics.