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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:2153
AUTHOR:Robert Burton (1577–1640)
QUOTATION:Set a beggar on horseback and he will ride a gallop. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Anatomy of Melancholy. Part ii. Sect. 2, Memb. 2.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
Set a beggar on horseback, and he ’ll outride the Devil.—Bohn: Foreign Proverbs (German). [back]
 

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