“Flagellum equo, et camus asino, et virga in dorso imprudentium.”
“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.”
“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!”
“A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!”
“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.”
Snaffle. “Bit,” or muzzle, (camus) to prevent the animal from biting. (Haydock) — Septuagint, Arabic, &c., “a goad for an ass.” But metheg denotes a bridle. (Montanus; Haydock) asses being there very large, and commonly used for riding, chap. xiii. 13. (Calmet)
2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.