["This is the custom of kings: when they buy horses, they have open in… — Essays
SAPIR 861
["This is the custom of kings: when they buy horses, they have open inspection, lest, if a fair head, as often chances, is supported by a weak foot, it should tempt the gaping purchaser." --Horace, Sat., i. 2, 86.]
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