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Horse Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding
- A man must ride alternately on the horses of his private and his public nature.
- As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find…
- The poet alone knows astronomy, chemistry, vegetation, and animation, for he does not stop at these facts, but employs them as signs. He knows why…
- We fill the hands and nurseries of our children with all manner of dolls, drums and horses, withdrawing their eyes from the plain face and...…
- I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes. They have in themselves what they value in their…
- A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. When a god wishes to ride, any chip or pebble will bud and shoot out winged feet,…
- Some men, at the approach of a dispute, neigh like horses.
- Instead of making Christianity a vehicle of truth, you make truth only a horse for Christianity.
- The horseman serves the horse, The neat-herd serves the neat, The merchant serves the purse, The eater serves his meat; 'Tis the day of the…
- Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion.…
- Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion.
- The sexton, tolling his bell at noon, Deems not that great Napoleon Stops his horse, and lists withdelight, Whilst his files sweep round yon Alpine…
More Horse Quotes
- Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse. — Hannah Arendt
- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that… — Karen Armstrong
- All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
- If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider. — Saint Augustine
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet. — Tyra Banks
- The difference between playing the stock market and the horses is that one of the horses must win. — Joey Adams
- Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. — John Adams
- Competitions are for horses, not artists. — Bela Bartok
- A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops. — Johnny Bench
- I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track. — Buffalo Bill