The 26+ Anna Sewell Quotes

He Is Called The Horse

What Right Had They To Make Me Suffer Like That?

I Must Say...that More Unmanly, Brutal Treatment Of A Little Pony It Was Never My Painful Lot To Witness; And By Giving Way To Such Passion, You Injure Your Own Character As Much, Nay More, Than You Injure Your Horse, And Remember, We Shall All Have To Be Judged According To Our Works, Whether They Be Towards Man Or Towards Beast.

Though I Am An Old Horse, And Have Seen And Heard A Great Deal, I Never Yet Could Make Out Why Men Are So Fond Of This Sport; They Often Hurt Themselves, Often Spoil Good Horses, And Tear Up The Fields, And All For A Hare, Or A Fox, Or A Stag, That They Could Get More Easily Some Other Way; But We Are Only Horses, And Don't Know.

The First Place That I Can Well Remember Was A Large Pleasant Meadow With A Pond Clear Water In It. Some Shady Trees Leaned Over It, And Rushes And Water-lilies Grew At The Deep End.

He Said Cruelty Was The Devil's Own Trade-mark, And If We Saw Any One Who Took Pleasure In Cruelty We Might Know Who He Belonged To, For The Devil Was A Murderer From The Beginning, And A Tormentor To The End. On The Other Hand, Where We Saw People Who Loved Their Neighbors, And Were Kind To Man And Beast, We Might Know That Was God's Mark.

Why Don't They Cut Their Own Children's Ears Into Points To Make Them Look Sharp? Why Don't They Cut Off Their Noses To Make Them Look Plucky? One Would Be Just As Sensible As The Other. What Right Have They To Torment And Disfigure God's Creatures?

If You Get Into The Habit Of Being Quick It Is Just As Easy As Being Slow.

I Am Never Afraid Of What I Know.

My Troubles Are All Over, And I Am At Home; And Often Before I Am Quite Awake, I Fancy I Am Still In The Orchard At Birtwick, Standing With My Friends Under The Apple Trees.

I Don't Believe In Religion, For I Don't See That Your Religious People Are Any Better Than The Rest.

Give Me The Handling Of A Horse For Twenty Minutes, And I'll Tell You What Sort Of A Groom He Has Had.