ProverbWisdom
English origin1799
English origin1799A place for everything, and everything in its place.
Meaning: Organized systems prevent chaos; knowing where things belong eliminates wasted time searching.
Origin: The earliest known printing is in a moral tale published by the Religious Tract Society in 1799, and it became a Victorian watchword for tidy housekeeping, repeated by the self-help writer Samuel Smiles and the cookery writer Isabella Beeton. It is often credited to Benjamin Franklin, but no such line has been found in his writings.
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