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NOTHING so bold as a blind mare
a1628
Proverbs in Scots
no. 1435
The blind horse is hardiest.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
266
Nothing so bold as a blind Mare.
1922
Huntingtower
x.
He spoke of the still unconquered enemy with .. disrepect, so that Mrs Morran was moved to observe that there was ‘naething sae bauld as a blind mear.’
boldness;
ignorance
There is NOTHING so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse
A proverb asserting the benefit of horse-riding to health.
1906
Social Silhouettes
xxxii.
The Squire will wind up .. with an apocryphal saying which he attributes to Lord Palmerston—‘There's nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse.’
1946
Horseman's Encyclopædia
338
‘There is something about the outside of a horse which is good for the inside of a man.’ This adage is wiser than might first appear. But one should not consider just the hours spent in the saddle as beneficial.
1987
Time
28 Dec. 52
There is nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
Ronald Reagan
President.
health
1906Social Silhouettes
xxxii.
The Squire will wind up .. with an apocryphal saying which he attributes to Lord Palmerston—‘There's nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse.’
1946
Horseman's Encyclopædia
338
‘There is something about the outside of a horse which is good for the inside of a man.’ This adage is wiser than might first appear. But one should not consider just the hours spent in the saddle as beneficial.
1987
Time
28 Dec. 52
There is nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
Ronald Reagan
President.
healthNOTHING succeeds like success
Cf. Fr.
rien ne réussit comme le succès
, nothing succeeds like success.
1867
Beyond Mississippi
xxxiv.
‘Nothing succeeds like success.’ There
was
much Southern sympathy on the island; now all are our dear friends.
1872
Ready-Money Mortiboy
I. ix.
In Mr. Mortiboy's judgment no proverb could be better than .. ‘Nothing succeeds like success.’ Success dazzled him.
1980
History & Imagination
9
Nothing succeeds like success, and if Hitler had founded his empire .. we can well imagine how later historians would have treated him.
success
rien ne réussit comme le succès
, nothing succeeds like success.
1867Beyond Mississippi
xxxiv.
‘Nothing succeeds like success.’ There
was
much Southern sympathy on the island; now all are our dear friends.
1872
Ready-Money Mortiboy
I. ix.
In Mr. Mortiboy's judgment no proverb could be better than .. ‘Nothing succeeds like success.’ Success dazzled him.
1980
History & Imagination
9
Nothing succeeds like success, and if Hitler had founded his empire .. we can well imagine how later historians would have treated him.
success
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