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Don't change horses in midstreamMeaning
OriginFrom an 1864 speech by Abraham Lincoln, in reply to Delegation from the National Union League who were urging him to be their presidential candidate. 'An old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that it was not best to swap horses when crossing streams." See also: the List of Proverbs. Phrasefinder is also on
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