Arabian Quote by Margaret Fuller

The horse would plough, the ox would drive the car. No; do the work you know, and tarry where you are.

— Horace

Spur not an unbroken horse; put not your plowshare too deep into new land.

— Walter Scott

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.

— Francois Rabelais

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

— Steven Pressfield

Hard it is to teach the old horse to amble anew.

— Edmund Spenser

I say again, if I cannot draw a horse, I will not write THIS IS A HORSE under what I foolishly meant for one.

— George MacDonald

The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with…

— Horace

You can't make something happen with a horse, but you can fix things up and let it happen.

— Buck Brannaman

A farmer's horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind. Like his master he…

— Anthony Trollope

The lazy ox wishes for horse-trappings, and the steed wishes to plough. [Lat., Optat ephippia bos piger, optat arare caballus.]

— Horace

Horse is fine. I'll ride a horse.

— Hari Kondabolu

A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.

— Steven Pressfield