<P> One of the first - recorded uses of this phrase was by the character Lady Macbeth in Act 3 , Scene 2 of the tragedy play Macbeth ( early 17th century ) , by the English playwright William Shakespeare , who said : `` Things without all remedy Should be without regard : what 's done , is done '' and `` Give me your hand . What 's done can not be undone . -- To bed , to bed , to bed ! '' </P>
<P> One of the first - recorded uses of this phrase was by the character Lady Macbeth in Act 3 , Scene 2 of the tragedy play Macbeth ( early 17th century ) , by the English playwright William Shakespeare , who said : `` Things without all remedy Should be without regard : what 's done , is done '' and `` Give me your hand . What 's done can not be undone . -- To bed , to bed , to bed ! '' </P>
who said what 's done is done in macbeth
who said what 's done is done in macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth