 | 1888 - 916 Seiten
...on his word. In dock an out nettle. Ill weeds wax fast. Its a bad bargain when both sides rue. Its a good horse that never stumbles. And a good wife that never grumbles. I've swallowed the Kirk, but I can't swallow the steeple. (Whithy.) Jackasses niver can sing weel,... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1889 - 362 Seiten
...never ached. Where is such a head? It is to be feared that it has a deal of aching to come. It is a good horse that never stumbles, And a good wife that never grumbles. If a man has such treasures, let him treat them well, and wish that they may live for ever. It is a... | |
 | Jacob Mayer - 1889 - 244 Seiten
...buy if you have the money, 205. 117. It is not always folly what a fool does, 101. [187. 118. It's a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles, 119. It's better to be envied than to be pitied, 32. 120. It's enough to drive one mad, 162. 121. It's... | |
 | 1891 - 556 Seiten
...It is a bad cause that none dare speak in. It is a bad house that bath not a poor man in it. It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles. It is a mark of great proficiency to bear easily the failings of other men. It's a sad house where... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1896 - 262 Seiten
...shall never be disappointed. The best of men are men at the best, and the best wax will melt. It is a good horse that never stumbles, And a good wife that never grumbles. But surely such horses and wives are only found in the fool's paradise, where dumplings grow on trees.... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1899 - 646 Seiten
...horns in his bosom, let him not put them on his head. Let .1 man hide his shame, not publish it. "Pis a good horse that never stumbles ; and a good wife that never grumbles. /( n'ya si ban cheval qui ne broncht. — Fr. Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus. Quem quer catallo sera... | |
 | Hugh Percy Jones - 1900 - 570 Seiten
...stone. He who reckons without his host, must reckon twice. (He that shoes a horse pricks him.) It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles. He who has to deal with a Tuscan must have both eyes open. (He that has an art, has everywhere a part.)... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - 1905 - 282 Seiten
...Husbands are in heaven whose wives scold not," which is similar to the well-known adage : — "It is a good horse that never stumbles, And a good wife that never grumbles ; " for, as it is commonly said throughout Scotland, " A house wi' a reek and a wife with a reerd will... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer - 1906 - 278 Seiten
...Husbands are in heaven whose wives scold not," which is similar to the well-known adage : — "It is a good horse that never stumbles, And a good wife that never grumbles ; " for, as it is commonly said throughout Scotland, " A house wi' a reek and a wife with a reerd will... | |
 | Hugh Percy Jones - 1908 - 562 Seiten
...stone. He who reckons without his host, must reckon twice. (He that shoes a horse pricks him.J It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles. He who has to deal with a Tuscan must have both eyes open. (He that has an art, has everywhere a part.)... | |
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It is a good horse that never stumbles, And a good wife that never grumbles. 
