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Horseback Proverbs
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to hell.
Irish Proverb
It's better that the bakers are on horseback than the doctors.
Dutch Proverb
Set a beggar on horseback, and he don't trot, but gallops.
Dutch Proverb
Sickness comes on horseback, but goes away on foot.
Dutch Proverb
Diseases come on horseback, but steal away on foot.
English Proverb
The Lord will not fail to come, though he may not come on horseback.
Danish Proverb
Pride went out on horseback, and returned on foot.
Italian Proverb
Put a begger on horseback, and he will ride fast, or else break his neck.
Scottish Proverb
Whoever goes on foot during April and May, goes on horseback the rest of the year.
Sicilian Proverb
Misfortunes come on horseback and depart on foot.
French Proverb
Set a peasant on horseback, and he forgets both God and man.
Spanish Proverb
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride it to death; Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the Devil.
English Proverb
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride it to death.
English Proverb