exactly expresses that which I desire to impress on the reader in the following pages.
Without the full and perfect use of its feet, the horse is useless. 1999 G. WILLIAMS &
M. DEACON No Foot, No Horse 139 Shoeing will no longer be regarded as a necessary
evil but vital for performance and soundness—and the expression ‘no foot, no horse’ will
be a thing of the past. 2001 R. FREEMAN http://www.horseshoes.com (web site) It was while
hanging around the barns with a friend who trained horses that I quickly gained an
appreciation for the old adage, ‘no hoof, no horse’. 2007 Times2 27 Apr. The great
fascination of extreme old age will.. be.. how do you behave when you reach your
destination?.. in the manner of old-fashioned trench warfare, with a mixture of chiropody
and raw courage. No foot, no horse, says the old stables maxim, and it goes for humans
too. horse loreNO man can serve two mastersWith allusion to MATTHEW vi. 24 (AV) No man can serve two masters (the verse which
concludes you cannot serve GOD and Mammon).
c 1330 in T. Wright Political Songs (1839) 325 No man may wel serve tweie lordes
to queme [please] c 1477 CAXTON Jason (EETS) 57 No man may wel serve two
maistres, for that one corumpeth that other. 1642 D. ROGERS Naaman vi. You cannot
have your will.. and Christ too; no man can serve two masters. 1853 R. C. TRENCH On
Lessons in Proverbs v. Our lord..has said: ‘No man can serve two masters.’.. So the
Spanish proverb: He who has to serve two masters, has to lie to one. 1979 ‘C. AIRD’
Some die Eloquent v. The Coroner’s Officer existed in a sort of leaderless no-man’s-land.
Hostilities had broken out over this more than once... No man can serve two masters.
employers and employeesNO man is a hero to his valetAttributed to Mme Cornuel (1605–94): il n’y a pas de héros pour son valet-de-chambre, no
man is a hero to his valet. Cf. 1603 J. FLORIO tr. Montaigne’s Essays III. ii. Few men haue
beene admired of their familiers. .. In my climate of Gascoigne they deeme it as iest to see
mee in print.
1764 S. FOOTE Patron II. 31 It has been said.. that no man is a hero to his valet de
chambre; now I am afraid when you and I grow a little more intimate.. you will be
horribly disappointed in your high expectations. 1910 Times 20 Jan. (Literary
Supplement) 17 Many men have been heroes to their valets, and most (except Pope and
Poe) to their biographers. 1940 A. CHRISTIE One, Two, buckle my Shoe i. It has been
said that no man is a hero to his valet. To that may be added that few men are heroes to