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“The whole force of the State is at your back if you should need it. I'm afraid that all the queen's horses and all the queen's men cannot avail in this matter.”

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Book:The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Source: The Complete Sherlock Holmes

“I speak French with timidity, and not flowingly--except when excited. When using that language I have often noticed that I have hardly ever been mistaken for a Frenchman, except, perhaps, by horses; never, I believe, by people.”

People Believe Speak Language I Believe Horse Excited Mistaken Timidity Frenchmen Speaks French

Book:Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays, Volume 1: 1852-1890

Source: Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays, Volume 1: 1852-1890

“For all symbols are fluxional; all language is vehicular and transitive, and is good, as ferries and horses are, for conveyance, not as farms and houses are, for homestead.”

House Language Horse Symbols Farms Ferry

Book:Self-reliance, and Other Essays

Source: Self-reliance, and Other Essays

“I love literature, the English language and storytelling. I also have thirty horses and seventy foxhounds to feed.”

Literature Language Horse Storytelling Thirty Seventies English Language Love Literature

Author:Rita Mae Brown

“Horses are our silent partners. When we learn their language. This partnership grows strong.”

Language Strong Grows Horse Silent Partners Partnership

Author:Monty Roberts

“Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language." Hazel tried not to laugh. "What did he say?" "With the cussing removed? He said he can get us to the top." Frank looked incredulous. "I thought the horse couldn't fly!" This time Arion whinnied so angrily, even Hazel could guess he was cursing. "Dude," Percy told the horse, "I've gotten suspended for saying less than that.”

Said Language Watches Laughing Horse Frank Suspended Cursing Saying Less

Author:Rick Riordan

“It's easy to talk to a horse if you understand his language. Horses stay the same from the day they are born until the day they die. They are only changed by the way people treat them.”

People Ifs Way Dies Language Easy Born Changed Treats Horse

Book:Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse

Source: Seabiscuit: The True Story of Three Men and a Racehorse

“Yet it is true—skin can mean a great deal. Mine means that any man may strike me in a public place and never fear the consequences. It means that my friends do not always like to be seen with me in the street. It means that no matter how many books I read, or languages I master, I will never be anything but a curiosity—like a talking pig or a mathematical horse.”

Men May Mean Book Matter Language Deals Talking Streets Mines Masters My Friends Consequence Skins Horse Curiosity Strikes Mathematical Pigs Never Fear

Book:Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

Source: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

“He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.”

Names Language Education Ignorance Horse Educational Nine Ignorant Cows Poor Richard

Book:Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom

Source: Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom

“Horses in the Book of Mormon would be another. You have relatively few mentions of horses, but there are some, and we don't know exactly how they were used; they don't seem to be all that common. Were they horses as we understood them, [or] does the term describe some other animal? Languages don't always and cultures don't always classify things the way we would expect. We have what we call common-sense ways of doing it. They're not common sense; they're just ours. But again, we don't have a strong case there. We're just problem solving there.”

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Author:Daniel C. Peterson