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Trace our present day's strength to its source; And you'll find that man's pathway to glory Is strewn with the bones of a horse. Anonymous God forbid that I should go to any heaven where there are no horses R.B. Cunningham-Grahm A horse is worth more than riches. Spanish Proverb There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse Robert Smith Surtees To be loved by a horse, or by any animal, should fill us with awe- for we have not deserved it. Marion Garretty Thou must learn the thoughts of the noble horse Whom thou wouldst ride. Be not indiscreet in thy demands, Nor require him to perform indiscreetly. Johanne Wolfgang von Goethe The one best precept-the golden rule in dealing with a horse-is never to approach him angrily. Anger is so deviod of forethought that it will often drive a man to do things which in a calmer mood he will regret. Xenophon Round-hoof'd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide; Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back. William Shakespeare A horse gallops with his lung, Preserveres with his heart, and wins with his character Tesio Boot, saddle, to horse, and away! Robert Browning To learn all that a horse could teach, was a world of knowledge, but only a beginning. .. . Look into a horses eye and you instantly know if you can trust him. Mary O'Hara Oh wasn't it naughty of Smudges ? Oh Mummy, I m sick with disgust. She threw me in front of the judges, And my silly old collar-bone's bust. JOHN BETJEMAN A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment. DUKE OF ENDINBURGH A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle. IAN FLEMMING I prefer a bike to a horse. The brakes are more easily checked. LAMBERT JEFFRIES He flung himself on his horse and rode off madly in all directions. STEPHEN LEACOCK A horse's eye disquiets me: it has an expression of alarm that may at any moment be translated into action. E.V. LUCAS On horseback he seemed to require as many hands as a Hindu god, at least four for clutching the reins, and two more for patting the horse soothingly on the neck. SAKI If training has not made a horse more beautiful, nobler in carriage, more attentive in his behavior, revealing pleasure in his own accomplishment...then he has not truly been schooled in dressage. Col. Handler Experienced riders are not prone to brag. And usually newcomers, if they start out being boastful, end up modest. C.J.J. Mullen My dear, I don't care what they do, so long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses. attributed to Mrs. Patrick Campbell Take most people, they're crazy about cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for godsake. JD Salinger,_Catcher in the Rye_ I purchased some classics on horse care...I gradually came to understand that they were like 19th-century religious tomes on how to save your soul: objective, good; instructions, extremely detailed; practical application, impossible. C.J.J. Mullen Horse, thou art truly a creature without equal, for thou fliest without wings and conquerest without sword. The Koran It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. Mexican Proverb 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 Such Horses are The jewels of the horseman's hands and thighs, They go by the word and hardly need the rein Stephen Vincent Benet, "John Brown's Body" All in green went my love riding On a great horse of gold into the silver dawn e.e. cummings The Tennessee stud was long and lean The color of the sun and his eyes were green he had the nerve and he had the blood there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud Jimmie Driftwood Wish I had a big fine horse, and the corn to feed him on I'd let little Shady Grove feed him while I'm gone Traditional The truth is that horses exhibit, in an exaggerated form, many of the worst characteristics of people. They are greedy, envious, spiteful, malicious, slothful, superstitious, and stupid. They are congenital hysterics and each one is, ominously, a prospective homicide. If horses could talk, they would lie. Owen Ulph,(old time cowboy) from his book, The Fiddleback: Lore of the Line Camp. Visions of horses ... make the moment brighter, inspire respect, and make the heart beat faster. The Founders of the Sunshine Horse Lovers Club (1991) from "If Wishes Were Horses" To err is human, to whinney equine. -Cheryl Farner First, you must trust in yourself. Then you can also trust in the earth or gravity of a situation, and because of that, you can uplift yourself. At that point, your discipline becomes delightful rather than being an ordeal or a great demand. When you ride a horse, balance comes, not from freezing your legs to the saddle, but from learning to float with the movement of the horse as you ride. Each step is a dance, the rider's dance as well as the dance of the horse. Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, "Shambala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior" "And God took a handful of southerly wind, blew his breath upon it, and created the horse." Bedouin legend. "Brahma was excessively sparing with earth, water, and fire. The new creature was not given etiher horns or claws, and his teeth were only meant for chewing, not for biting. The prudent care with which fire was used made him a necessity in war with out making him warlike. This animal was the Horse. The reckless expenditure of air and ether in his compositon was amazing. And, in consequence, he perpetually struggled to outreach the wind, to outrun space itself. Other animals ran only when they had a reason, but the Horse would run for no reason whatever, as if to run out of his own skin. He had no desire to chase, or to kill, but only to fly on and on and on until he dwindled into a dot, melted into a swoon, blurred into a shadow, and vanished into vacancy. The Creator was glad. He had given habitations to his other creatures, forests to some, caves to others, but because of his enjoyment of the disinterested spirit of energy in the Horse, he gave him an open meadow under the eye of Heaven." -- Rabindranath Tagore Sometime he trots, as if he told the steps with gentle magesty and pride. Anon, he rears upright, curvets and leaps, as who should say 'Lo, thus my strength is tried' --Shakespeare "Venus and Adonis" A little neglect may breed mischief... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost... -Benjamin Franklin As seen on a roadside billboard (intended to encourage helmet use among bicycle riders): "Wear a helmet... Because your skull isn't as thick as your parents think it is." A horse is the matter and subject whereupon the art worketh, and is a creature sensible, and therefore so far as he is moved to do any thing, he is thereunto moved by sense and feeling. Further, this is common to all sensible creatures, to shun all things as annoy them, and to like all such things as do delight them. John Astley, "The Art of Riding" 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 Most nations, free ones especially, should be dealt with like a spirited horse, whom a judicious rider will keep steady, by maintaining an exact balance in his seat, showing neither fear nor cruelty, occasionally giving and checking with the rein, while he prudently and resolutely corrects with the spur, or kindly blandishes with his hand. Francis Gentleman, "A Trip to the Moon" There are no handles to a horse, but the 1910 model has a string to each side of its face for turning its head when there is something you want it to see. Stephen Leacock, "Reflections on Riding" I will not change my horse with any that treads on four pasterns. Ca, ha! he bounds from the earth, as if his entrails were hairs, le cheval volant, the Pegasus, chez les narines de feu! 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...he is pure air and fire...the prince of palfreys; his neigh is like the bidding of a monarch and his countenance enforces homage. Williams Shakespeare, "Henry V" There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt it from indignities. As for those majestic, magisterial truck-horses of the docks, I would as soon think of striking a judge on the bench, as to lay violent hands upon their holy hides. Herman Melville, "Redburn" The horse will leap over trenches, will jump out of them, will do anything else, provided one grants him praise and respite after his accomplishment. Xenophon - Augustus Hare I don't mind where people make
love, so long as they don't do it in the street and
frighten the horses. Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and
persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for
success. The human mind is not rich enough to drive many horses
abreast and wants one general scheme, under which it strives
to bring everything. Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don't
worship it. Feed it. All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse,
and a good wife. If you want a kitten, start out by asking for a horse.
When the horse dies, dismount Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see a
bird that has the blues? One reason why birds and horses are
not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other
birds and horses. A horse may be coaxed to drink, but a pencil must be
lead. Put some excitement between you legs, ride a horse. Some athletes don't care what kind of shoes they wear, or
how many fans they have. They don't even care that they're
on television from coast to coast. They just want to run.
One of the worst things that can happen in life is to win
a bet on a horse at an early age. If you're a cowboy and you're dragging a guy behind your
horse, I bet it would really make you mad if you looked back
and the guy was reading a magazine. A horse may be coaxed to drink, but a pencil must be
lead. There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. ~Winston Churchill
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from
betting on people. ~W.C. Fields
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