"A boy is a boy a long time before he knows his alphabet, longer before he has learned to spell, and perhaps several years before he can read distinctly; and yet there are some people who, as soon a they get on a young horse, entirely undressed and untaught, fancy that by beating and spurring they will make him a dressed horse in one morning only. I would feign ask such stupid people whether by beating a boy they would teach him to read without first showing him the alphabet? Sure they would beat him to death before they would make him read."
Just like a child can't read without initially being taught his letters, no matter how much you hit and beat him, a horse cannot learn his job in the same way. A horse doesn't learn to perform through beatings and brutality, only by showing him what he must first learn.
This page is a list of several horse quotes and opinions. The list goes on forever.
Hargrove, Robyn. "Horse Quotations." www.thebootlady.com. Robyn Hargrove, n.d. Web. 9 Nov 2010. <http://www.thebootlady.com/quotes.html>.
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