"set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the Devil" meaning in English

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Proverb

Head templates: {{en-proverb}} set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the Devil
  1. A person unaccustomed to wealth or luxury will easily be corrupted by it. Related terms: give him enough rope and he'll hang himself, zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
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