"... He doth nothing but talk of his horse."
--William Shakespeare. The Merchant of Venice.
"When I bestride him,I soar. I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when
he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes."
--William Shakespeare. King Henry V.
"His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage."
--William Shakespeare. King Henry V.
"He is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in
him, but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts him: he is indeed a horse:
and all other jades you may call beasts."
--William Shakespeare. King Henry V.
"Horse, thou art truly a creature without equal, for thou fliest without
wings and conquerest without sword"
-- The Koran
"I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the
horse’s good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment."
--Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Don't be the rider who gallops all night
and never sees the horse that is beneath him"
--Jelaluddin Rumi
"Horses change lives. They give our young people confidence and
self-esteem. They provide peace and tranquillity to troubled souls-they
give us hope!"
--Toni Robinson
"God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses."
-- R. B. Cunningham Graham
"It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to
fall."
--Mexican Proverb
"A horse gallops with his lungs, Preserves with his heart, And wins with
his character."
--Tesio
"The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never."
--Yiddish Proverb
"There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the
inside of a man."
--Sir Winston Churchill
"Many people have sighed for the 'good old days' and regretted the
'passing of the horse,' but today, when only those who like horses own
them, it is a far better time for horses."
--C.W.Anderson
"Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with
thunder?"
"Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils
is terrible."
"He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to
meet the armed men."
"He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted, neither turneth he back
from the sword."
--JOB 39: 19-22
"A man on a horse is spiritually as well as physically bigger than a man
on foot."
--John Steinbeck
"A canter is the cure for every evil."
--Benjamin Disrael
"That hoss wasn't built to tread the earth
,
He took natural to the air,
And every time he went aloft,
He tried to leave me there."
--Anonymous Tribute to an Unmanageable Horse
"Weave for the mighty chestnut
A tributary crown
Of autumn flowers, the brightest
then
When autumn leaves are brown
Hang up his bridle on the wall,
His saddle on the tree,
Till time shall bring some racing
king
Worthy to wear as he!"
--William Nack
"No ride is ever the last one. No horse is ever the last one you will
have. Somehow there will always be other horses, other places to ride
them."
--Monica Dickens
"In buying a horse or taking a wife, shut your eyes tight and commend
yourself to God."
--Tuscan Proverb
"The horse is God's gift to man."
--Arabian Proverb
"...But why discourse
Upon the Virtues of the Horse?
They are too numerous to tell
Save when you have a Horse to Sell."
--Josh Billings
"Certain comic effects can be achieved by a brand-new rider, especially
a man who dresses like a fashion model and rides like a tailor."
--C.J.J. Mullen
"I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that,
my art is not above the ordinary."
--Mark Twain
"Show me your horse and I will tell you who you are."
--Old English Saying
"Dog lovers hate to clean out kennels. Horse lovers like cleaning
stables."
--Monica Dickens
"They say princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The
reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as
soon as his groom."
--Ben Johnson
"Horses have never hurt anyone yet, except when they bet on them."
--Stuart Cloete
"No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle"
--Winston Churchill
"If one induces the horse to assume that carriage which it would adopt of
its own accord when displaying its beauty, then, one directs the horse to
appear joyous and magnificent, proud and remarkable for having been
ridden."
--Xenophon
"To ride a horse well, you have to
know it as well as you know your best friend."
--Katie Monahan Prudent (quote provided by Dot Brock)
Ode to the Horse
"Where in this wide world can a man find
nobility without pride, friendship
without envy or beauty without
vanity? Here: where grace is laced
with muscle and strength by
gentleness confined.
He serves without servility; he has
fought without enmity. There is
nothing so powerful, nothing less
violent; there is nothing so quick,
nothing less patient.
England's past has been bourne on his back.
All our history is his industry. We are his heirs;
he our inheritance.
The Horse"
--written by British poet, Ronald Duncan
"The horse, the noblest, bravest, proudest, most courageous, and certainly
the most perverse and infuriating animal that humans ever domesticated."
--The Lady (1987), Anne McCaffrey (1926 -)
"Half the failures in life result from pulling
in one's horse when it is leaping."
--Unknown
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