William Cavendish Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“You must in all Airs follow the strength, spirit, and disposition of the horse, and do nothing against nature; for art is but to set nature in order, and nothing else.”

“By this way you may dress all sorts of horses in the utmost perfection, if you know how to practice it; a thing that is very easy in the hands of a master.”

“Without knowing this, no man can dress a horse perfectly.”

“You should pull him back besides in all the lines before the quarter, just as you make the others advance.”

“You may observe in all my lessons, that I tell you how the legs go, and those who are unacquainted with that, are entirely ignorant and work in the dark.”