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Because a MAN is born in a stable that does not make him a horse
Sometimes attributed to the Duke of Wellington (1769–1852); see quot. 1969.
1833
Tom Cringle's Log
I. iv.
‘I am an Englishman and no traitor, nor will I die the death of one.’ .. ‘Truly .. a man does sometimes become a horse by being born in a stable’.
1906
Times Literary Supplement
27 Apr. 147
Except on the principle that the man who is born in a stable is a horse, [he] was not an Irishman at all.
1969
Wellington: Years of Sword
viii.
If Wellington was ever chaffed for being an Irishman and replied with a notorious quip, it was probably during this period [1807]: Because a man is born in a stable that does not make him a horse.
1980
No Country for Young Men
ii.
Father Casey .. has a theory that the Irish back in Ireland have less claim to Irishness than men like himself. Something to do with .. being born in a stable not necessarily making you a horse.
human nature
;
origins
1833Tom Cringle's Log
I. iv.
‘I am an Englishman and no traitor, nor will I die the death of one.’ .. ‘Truly .. a man does sometimes become a horse by being born in a stable’.
1906
Times Literary Supplement
27 Apr. 147
Except on the principle that the man who is born in a stable is a horse, [he] was not an Irishman at all.
1969
Wellington: Years of Sword
viii.
If Wellington was ever chaffed for being an Irishman and replied with a notorious quip, it was probably during this period [1807]: Because a man is born in a stable that does not make him a horse.
1980
No Country for Young Men
ii.
Father Casey .. has a theory that the Irish back in Ireland have less claim to Irishness than men like himself. Something to do with .. being born in a stable not necessarily making you a horse.
human nature;
origins
man
see also
BETTER be an old man's darling, than a young man's slave
;
a BLIND man's wife needs no paint
;
never send a BOY to do a man's job
;
the CHILD is father of the man
;
CLOTHES make the man
;
in the COUNTRY of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
;
DO right and fear no man
;
a DROWNING man will clutch at a straw
;
the EARLY man never borrows from the late man
;
every ELM has its man
;
EVERY man for himself
;
EVERY man for himself, and God for us all
;
EVERY man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost
;
EVERY man has his price
;
EVERY man is the architect of his own fortune
;
EVERY man to his taste
;
EVERY man to his trade
;
it's ill speaking between a FULL man and a fasting
;
a HUNGRY man is an angry man
;
you should KNOW a man seven years before you stir his fire
;
a man who is his own LAWYER has a fool for his client
;
one man's LOSS is another man's gain
;
MANNERS maketh man
;
like MASTER, like man
;
one man's MEAT is another man's poison
;
MONEY makes a man
;
a MONEYLESS man goes fast through the market
;
NINE tailors make a man
;
NO man can serve two masters
;
NO man is a hero to his own valet
;
NO moon, no man
;
there is NOTHING so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse
;
the RICH man has his ice in the summer and the poor man gets his in the winter
;
give a man ROPE enough and he will hang himself
;
SIX hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool
;
one man may STEAL a horse, while another may not look over a hedge
;
the STYLE is the man
;
TIME and tide wait for no man
;
for WANT of a nail the shoe was lost
;
the WAY to a man's heart is through his stomach
;
a WILFUL man must have his way
;
when the WIND is in the east, 'tis neither good for man nor beast
;
a YOUNG man married is a young man marred
; also
MEN
.
BETTER be an old man's darling, than a young man's slave
;
a BLIND man's wife needs no paint
;
never send a BOY to do a man's job
;
the CHILD is father of the man
;
CLOTHES make the man
;
in the COUNTRY of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
;
DO right and fear no man
;
a DROWNING man will clutch at a straw
;
the EARLY man never borrows from the late man
;
every ELM has its man
;
EVERY man for himself
;
EVERY man for himself, and God for us all
;
EVERY man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost
;
EVERY man has his price
;
EVERY man is the architect of his own fortune
;
EVERY man to his taste
;
EVERY man to his trade
;
it's ill speaking between a FULL man and a fasting
;
a HUNGRY man is an angry man
;
you should KNOW a man seven years before you stir his fire
;
a man who is his own LAWYER has a fool for his client
;
one man's LOSS is another man's gain
;
MANNERS maketh man
;
like MASTER, like man
;
one man's MEAT is another man's poison
;
MONEY makes a man
;
a MONEYLESS man goes fast through the market
;
NINE tailors make a man
;
NO man can serve two masters
;
NO man is a hero to his own valet
;
NO moon, no man
;
there is NOTHING so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse
;
the RICH man has his ice in the summer and the poor man gets his in the winter
;
give a man ROPE enough and he will hang himself
;
SIX hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool
;
one man may STEAL a horse, while another may not look over a hedge
;
the STYLE is the man
;
TIME and tide wait for no man
;
for WANT of a nail the shoe was lost
;
the WAY to a man's heart is through his stomach
;
a WILFUL man must have his way
;
when the WIND is in the east, 'tis neither good for man nor beast
;
a YOUNG man married is a young man marred
; also
MEN
.
What MANCHESTER says today, the rest of England says tomorrow
The proverb occurs in a variety of forms. Quot. 1902 sets it in its historical context: the Corn Law, restricting the importation of foreign corn, was abolished in 1846, and Manchester (formerly part of Lancashire), considered the home of free trade, was in the forefront of the campaign against restrictive legislation.
1898
Day's Work
51
What the horses o' Kansas think to-day, the horses of America will think to-morrow; an' I tell
you
that when the horses of America rise in their might, the day o' the Oppressor is ended.
1902
Collectanea
I. 116
What Lancashire thinks to-day all England will think to-morrow. This was in the days of the Anti-Corn-Law League. Since then the initiative in political movements proceeds from Birmingham.
1944
Journal
24 Aug. in
Diaries
(1979) xiii.
Manchester rang its bells yesterday—a day before St. Paul's .. thus justifying its words, so often used: ‘What Manchester says today, the rest of England says tomorrow!’
1980
Listener
6 Mar. 300
What Manchester does today— .. is the old boast that ‘What Manchester does today London thinks tomorrow.’
imitation
;
opinions
;
public opinion
1898Day's Work
51
What the horses o' Kansas think to-day, the horses of America will think to-morrow; an' I tell
you
that when the horses of America rise in their might, the day o' the Oppressor is ended.
1902
Collectanea
I. 116
What Lancashire thinks to-day all England will think to-morrow. This was in the days of the Anti-Corn-Law League. Since then the initiative in political movements proceeds from Birmingham.
1944
Journal
24 Aug. in
Diaries
(1979) xiii.
Manchester rang its bells yesterday—a day before St. Paul's .. thus justifying its words, so often used: ‘What Manchester says today, the rest of England says tomorrow!’
1980
Listener
6 Mar. 300
What Manchester does today— .. is the old boast that ‘What Manchester does today London thinks tomorrow.’
imitation;
opinions
;
public opinion
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