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Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. -Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Wherever man has left his footprint in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization we will find the hoofprint of the horse beside it.
-John Moore
-John Moore
A horse is a thing of such beauty...none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor."
-Xenophon
-Xenophon
It's always been and always will be the same in the world: The horse does the work and the coachman is tipped.
-Author Unknown
-Author Unknown
A Hibernian sage once wrote that there are three things a man never forgets: The girl of his early youth, a devoted teacher, and a great horse.
-C.J.J. Mullen
-C.J.J. Mullen
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
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
Never let his fire die out, but kindle it with words.
Let him know that you are honored to be carried along on his strong shoulders and swift feet.
-Carl Raswan
Let him know that you are honored to be carried along on his strong shoulders and swift feet.
-Carl Raswan
All in green went my love riding
On a great horse of gold into the silver dawn
-e.e. cummings
On a great horse of gold into the silver dawn
-e.e. cummings
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
-Col. Handler
Four things greater than all things are,
Women and Horses and Power and War
-Rudyard Kipling, "The Ballad of the King's Jest"
Women and Horses and Power and War
-Rudyard Kipling, "The Ballad of the King's Jest"
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