Quote#Wisdom
The grey mare is the better horse
Quote byJohn Heywood · 1497–1580
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Part II, chapter 4..
English (original)
The grey mare is the better horse.
— John Heywood
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