 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - 1905 - 278 Seiten
...Husbands are in heaven whose wives chide not ; " with which may be compared the Spanish adage, " It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles." A good-looking wife, it would appear, is not always a blessing, for — " A fair wife, a wide house,... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer - 1906 - 278 Seiten
...Husbands are in heaven whose wives chide not ; " with which may be compared the Spanish adage, " It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles." A good-looking wife, it would appear, is not always a blessing, for — " A fair wife, a wide house,... | |
 | 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.)... | |
 | Erazm Lucyan Kasprowicz, Julius Cornet - 1912 - 448 Seiten
...a stick. it la hiz sheet-anchor, his stronghold. One must not look a gift horss in the mouth. "J'is a good horse that never stumbles (and a good wife that never grumbles). The master's eye makes the horse fat. Thorough-bred a charger a race-horse (racer) a saddie-horse a... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1880 - 398 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.... | |
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It's a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles. 
