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Horse for _War_ or _Pleasure_, and therefore I shall conclude this Head, with this _Caveat_, _That in whatever Lesson your Horse is most imperfect, begin and end with_; and remember, that _Exercise_ makes things as it were natural; when _Desuetude_ is the forerunner of
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Desuetude must needs beget sloth, and sloth decay.
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lucius Apuleius 1914
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Desuetude begets Incompetence -- the dare-not soon becomes the cannot.
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Desuetude and crumbling enhance the grandeur of a temple.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo Victor Hugo 1843
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Three former Sydney-trained gallopers, Aichi, Desuetude and Imvula, are set to compete at the opening of the 6.7 million sq m complex, which is being touted by Middle Eastern racing officials as a defining moment in the sport's global history.
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