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A good rider on a good horse is as much above himself and others as the world can make him.
A good rider on a good horse is as much above himself and others as the world can make him.
In print by 1893 AD · industrial
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- Lord Herbert of Cherbury (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1893 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Lord Herbert of Cherbury. · page_006
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