Quote#Wisdom
I saw them go: one horse was blind
Quote byJames Smith · 1775–1839
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Rejected Addresses, "The Baby's Début", reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
I saw them go: one horse was blind, The tails of both hung down behind, Their shoes were on their feet.
— James Smith
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