Horse Quotes and Sayings: The Horse from Ronald Duncan-1954

The Horse

Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride,
Friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity?

Here, where grace is served with muscle
And strength by gentleness confined.

He serves without servility; he has fought without enmity.

There is nothing so powerful, nothing less violent.
There is nothing so quick, nothing more patient.

(Ronald Duncan, “The Horse,” 1954)