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  • And is it true? And is it true, This most tremendous tale of all, Seen in a stained-glass window's hue, A Baby in an ox's stall? The Maker of the stars and sea Become a Child on earth for me?

    - SirJohn Betjeman
      A Few Late Chrysanthemums,'Christmas'.

  • Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Deuteronomy 25:4.

  • Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    Job 40:15.

  • Better is little with the fear of the L than great treasure and trouble therewith. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

    -Bible (Old Testament)
    ORDProverbs15:16^17.

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