A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

1751 J. BRIDGES (title) No Foot, No Horse. An essay on the anatomy of the foot of.. a horse. 1893 A. T. FISHER The Farrier or ‘No Foot, No Horse’ 2 ‘No foot, no horse’ exactly expresses that which I desire to impress on the reader in the following pages. Without the full and perfect use of its feet, the horse is useless. 1999 G. WILLIAMS & M. DEACON No Foot, No Horse 139 Shoeing will no longer be regarded as a necessary evil but vital for performance and soundness—and the expression ‘no foot, no horse’ will be a thing of the past. 2001 R. FREEMAN www.horseshoes.com (web site) It was while hanging around the barns with a friend who trained horses that I quickly gained an appreciation for the old adage, ‘no hoof, no horse’. 2007 Times2 27 Apr. The great fascination of extreme old age will.. be.. how do you behave when you reach your destination?.. in the manner of old-fashioned trench warfare, with a mixture of chiropody and raw courage. No foot, no horse, says the old stables maxim, and it goes for humans too. "horse lore

NO man can serve two masters
With allusion to MATTHEW vi. 24 (AV) No man can serve two masters (the verse which concludes you cannot serve GOD and Mammon).

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  c 1330 in T. Wright Political Songs (1839) 325 No man may wel serve tweie lordes to queme [please] c 1477 CAXTON Jason (EETS) 57 No man may wel serve two maistres, for that one corumpeth that other. 1642 D. ROGERS Naaman vi. You cannot have your will . . and Christ too; no man can serve two masters. 1853 R. C. TRENCH On Lessons in Proverbs v. Our lord..has said: ‘No man can serve two masters.’.. So the Spanish proverb: He who has to serve two masters, has to lie to one. 1979 ‘C. AIRD’ Some die Eloquent v. The Coroner’s Officer existed in a sort of leaderless no-man’s-land. Hostilities had broken out over this more than once... No man can serve two masters. ■ employers and employees