On a rainy March day in 1538, Thomas Howard, the Duke of Norfolk, found himself confined within the cold stone walls of his grand estate. His fingers reluctantly penned a letter to sell his cherished lands to settle longstanding debts."A man can not have his cake and eat his cake", he wrote, the words etched with the pain of having to confront a reality that he did not want to accept.This was the earliest written record of the proverb "you can't have your cake and eat it too". It's used in situa...