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They say princes learn no art truly but the art of horsemanship. T

They say princes learn no art truly but the art of horsemanship. The reason is the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom. – Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems, "Illiteratu

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