| 411. | 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 Trotwood Moore
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| 412. | When God created the earth, the horse's destiny was an Eden of marshes and swamps-a paradise of fragrance, sound and color-inhabited by the most exotic of plants and creatures. However, here all was not peaceful. Mares and foals were prayed upon by saber-toothed tigers and other mighty hunters, including man who in the eye of the herd stallion aroused both fear and anger. As he grew in size and evolved from an eater of leaves to one of grass, the horse's legs became tall and strong enough to carry him out of the low wetlands and onto the steppes. Here, his new speed allowed him to survive in a world of predators, among the most savage and dangerous of which was man. At what time in prehistory the eye of some human saw horses as something other than food and clothing, we do not know. But fortunately for both man and beast it did occut in an adventure that would permanently and dramatically alter the history of the planet. The youth's eyes were then on the filly foal and on it alone. With her capture the story of mankind would change in an instant and forever.
- Trajan Tennent
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| 413. | If you have it, it is for life. It is a disease for which there is no cure. You will go on riding even after they have to haul you on a comfortable wise old cob, with feet like inverted buckets and a back like a fireside chair... when I can't ride anymore, I shall still keep horses as long as I can hobble about with a bucket and a wheelbarrow. When I can't hobble, I shall roll my wheelchair out to the fence of the field where my horses graze, and watch them.
- Monica Dickens
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| 414. | Through the days of love and celebration and joy, and through the dark days of mourning-the faithful horse has been with us always.
- Elizabeth Cotton
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| 415. | ...This most noble beast is the most beautiful, the swiftest and of the highest courage of domesticated animals. His long mane and tail adorn and beautify him. He is of a fiery temperament, but good tempered, obedient, docile and well-mannered.
- Pedro Garcia Conde
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| 416. | Horses do change, you know; a lot of the...ponies really give the able-bodies grooms a hard time, but if you put a disabled child or adult on their back they're as gentle as lambs. I don't know what it is: they seem to sense something.
- Jackie Croome
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| 417. | A horse can lend it's rider the speed and strength he or she lacks-but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan.
- Pam Brown
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| 418. | The child who ran weeping to you with a cut finger is now brought home, smiling gamely, with a broken collarbone and incredible contusions- 'it wasn't Jezebels fault, Dad.'
- Pam Brown
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| 419. | I prefer a bike to a horse. The brakes are more easily checked.
- Lambert Jeffries
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| 420. | A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.
- Ian Fleming
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