Ability Quote by John Randolph

“The Roman emperor Caligula allegedly planned to appoint his favourite horse, Incitatus, to the consulship.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Caligula was a pervert and a tyrant. If the Roman emperor had any redeeming qualities, they weren’t immediately obvious. Unencumbered by things like morality…

— Natalie Kyriacou

[Romans] never made any improvements on the cavalry. And amazingly, when you read the sources, they couldn't make it because stirrups were not known…

— Garry Kasparov

So long as he was personally present, [Alcibiades] had the perfect mastery of his political adversaries; calumny only succeeded in his absence.

— Plutarch

Being a great horseman does not rely on physical strength but more on the mind and sensibility.

— Charlotte Casiraghi

A good horse should be seldom spurred.

— Thomas Fuller

“Most notably, he was known for his willingness to share his blessings. “He was so generous that he sheltered and fed all his friends,…

— Walter Isaacson

The willing horse is always overworked.

— Charles Darwin

The mind of a horse is a very limited concern, relying almost entirely upon memory. He rivals our politicians in that he has little…

— Apsley Cherry-Garrard

She knew that the horse, born to serve nobly, had waited in vain for someone noble to serve. His spirit knew that nobility had…

— D. H. Lawrence

A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.

— Steven Pressfield

The horse can just be a great vehicle for some people to overcome things in their life that they might not be able to…

— Buck Brannaman