12 quotations for the Year of the Horse
- By Eugene Clark
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E-mail China.org.cn, January 3, 2014
Quotes speak to us all. They provide moments of clarity on central issues or moments in all our lives. As Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German writer, artist and politician, noted:
"All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience."
Below are 12 quotations to add to your calendar in the Year of the Horse.
When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes.
― William Shakespeare, Henry V
Horses change lives. They give our young people confidence and self-esteem. They provide peace and tranquillity to troubled souls, they give us hope.
― Toni Robinson
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him participate in synchronized diving.
― Cuthbert Soup, Another Whole Nother Story
The horse, with beauty unsurpassed, strength immeasurable and grace unlike any other, still remains humble enough to carry a man upon his back.
― Amber Senti
On horseback you feel as if you're moving in time to classical music; a camel seems to progress to the beat of a drum played by a drunk.
― Walter Moers, The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear
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