Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unle…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the one is about to be sold, the other to be buried. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.171
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Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the one is about to be sold, the other to be buried. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.171

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