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| A borrowed horse and your own spurs make short miles. Danish. | 1 |
| A fast horse does not want the spur. | 2 |
| A fidging mare should be well girthed. | 3 |
| A galled horse will not endure the comb. | 4 |
| A gentle horse should na be o’er sair spurr’d. | 5 |
| A good horse cannot be of a bad color. | 6 |
| A good horse is worth his fodder. Dutch. | 7 |
| A good horse never lacks a saddle. Italian. | 8 |
| A good horse resembles a superior man. Chinese. | 9 |
| A hard bit does not make the better horse. Danish. | 10 |
| A hired horse and one’s own spurs make short miles. German, Dutch. | 11 |
| A horse deprived of his food won’t work. Latin. | 12 |
| A horse grown fat kicks. Italian. | 13 |
| A horse is his who mounts it, a sword is his who girds it on, and a bridge is his who passes it. Turkish. | 14 |
| A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. | 15 |
| A horse may stumble though he have four legs. Italian, Dutch. | 16 |
| A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats. | 17 |
| A kick from a mare never hurts a horse. | 18 |
| A man may lead his horse to water, but cannot make him drink. | 19 |
| A race horse is an open sepulchre. | 20 |
| A runaway horse punishes himself. Italian. | 21 |
| A scabbed horse is good enough for a scabbed knight. | 22 |
| A short horse is soon curried. | 23 |
| A thorough-bred horse is not disgraced by his bad saddle. Syriac. | 24 |
| All lay load on the willing horse. | 25 |
| An hired horse tires never. | 26 |
| A lean horse does not kick. Italian. | 27 |
| An old horse for a young soldier. French. | 28 |
| Another man’s horse and your own spurs outrun the wind. German. | 29 |
| Another man’s horse and your own whip can do a great deal. Danish. | 30 |
| Be a horse ever so well shod he may slip. French. | 31 |
| Better a poor horse than an empty stall. Danish. | 32 |
| Better ride a good horse for a year, than an ass all your life. Dutch. | 33 |
| Better ride a lame horse than go afoot. German. | 34 |
| Blind bridle can’t hide de fodder stack from de lean horse. African American. | 35 |
| Cavalry horses delight in battle. Chinese. | 36 |
| Do not spur a free horse. | 37 |
| Every foal is not like his sire. Danish. | 38 |
| Furniture and mane make the horse sell. | 39 |
| He is a weak horse that mauna bear the saddle. | 40 |
| He is an old wheel horse; i.e., entirely reliable. | 41 |
| He that hires the horse must ride before. | 42 |
| He that would have good luck in horses must kiss the parson’s wife. | 43 |
| He who buys a horse buys care. Spanish. | 44 |
| He who has a good horse in his stable can go afoot. German, Italian. | 45 |
| Hired horses make short miles. Dutch. | 46 |
| His horse’s head is too big; it cannot get out of the stable. French. | 47 |
| Horse, don’t die yet, grass is coming. French. | 48 |
| Hungry horses make a clean manger. | 49 |
| If the mare have a bald face the filly will have a blaze. | 50 |
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| If you don’t break the colts, you’ll have no wheel horses. | 51 |
| Ill matched horses draw badly. Dutch. | 52 |
| In a wind, horses and cows don’t agree. Chinese. | 53 |
| It does not depend on the dog when the horse shall die. Danish. | 54 |
| It is a bad horse that does not earn its fodder. | 55 |
| It is a good horse that never stumbles. French. | 56 |
| It is a poor horse that is not worth his oats. Danish. | 57 |
| It is an ill horse that will not carry his provender. | 58 |
| It is ill to set spurs to a flying horse. | 59 |
| It is no time to swap horses when you are crossing the stream. Abraham Lincoln. | 60 |
| It is the bridle and spur that make a good horse. | 61 |
| It’s a very proud horse that will not carry his oats. Italian. | 62 |
| Lay the saddle on the right horse. | 63 |
| Let a horse drink when he will, not what he will. | 64 |
| Let the best horse leap the hedge first. | 65 |
| Like a loader’s horse that lives among thieves. | 66 |
| Like a miller’s horse that goes much but performs no journey. | 67 |
| Like Flanders mares, fairest afar off. | 68 |
| Live, horse, and you’ll get grass. | 69 |
| Never ride a free horse to death. | 70 |
| Never spur a willing horse. Italian. | 71 |
| No horse is so good but that he will at times stumble. Latin. | 72 |
| No need to say “trot” to a good horse. Italian. | 73 |
| One thing thinketh the horse and another he that saddles him. | 74 |
| One whip is good enough for a good horse, for a bad one not a thousand. Russian. | 75 |
| Restive horses must be roughly dealt with. | 76 |
| Seldom lend your horse to a sailor, never to a Frenchman and as little as you can to any one at all. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. | 77 |
| That horse loves the hay better than the saddle. | 78 |
| The best feed of a horse is his master’s eye. Spanish, Dutch. | 79 |
| The biggest horses are not the best travellers. | 80 |
| The blind horse is hardiest. | 81 |
| The common horse is worst shod. | 82 |
| The horse does not spring from the slow-paced ass. Latin. | 83 |
| The horse is not judged of by the saddle. Chinese. | 84 |
| The horse must go to the manger and not the manger to the horse. Danish. | 85 |
| The horse never turns its back on its master. Chinese. | 86 |
| The horse next the mill carries all the grist. | 87 |
| The horse of Servis. (An unlucky possession.) Latin. | 88 |
| The horse that draws best is most whipped. French, Italian. | 89 |
| The horse that draws his halter is not quite escaped. | 90 |
| The horse that pulls at the collar is always getting the whip. French. | 91 |
| The horse thinks one thing and he who rides him another. Spanish. | 92 |
| The horse’s best allowance is his master’s eye. Portuguese. | 93 |
| The horses eat oats and don’t earn them. German. | 94 |
| The impetuous steed will not brook restraint. Chinese. | 95 |
| The mare’s kicks are caresses to the horse. Spanish, Portuguese. | 96 |
| The old horse may die waiting for new grass. | 97 |
| The old horse must die in somebody’s keeping. | 98 |
| The tired mare goes willingly to grass. Portuguese. | 99 |
| The wounded horse as soon as he sees the saddle, trembles. Modern Greek. | 100 |
| ’Tis the abilities of the horse occasions his slavery. | 101 |
| Touch a galled horse and he’ll wince. Dutch. | 102 |
| Uphill spare me, downhill forbear me, plain way spare me not, nor let me drink when I am hot. | 103 |
| When old horses get warm they are not easily held in. German. | 104 |
| When the manger is empty the horses fight. Danish. | 105 |
| Where the Turk’s horse once treads, the grass never grows. | 106 |
| Who cannot beat the horse let him beat the saddle. Italian. | 107 |
| You may know the horse by his harness. | 108 |
| You must look at the horse and not at the mare. | 109 |
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