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Re: "kick against the pricks"
Gavin Francis <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 15 Mar 2001 01:01:33 -0800
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It's from the gospel of Matthew.

GAVIN

Dave wrote:

> Dear Pounders,
>
> Did Pound coin the addage in Hugh Selwyn Maulber, "Mr. Nixon": "Don't kick
> against the pricks"?  Or, was that a colloquial saying?

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