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Quote by William Shakespeare
So did this horse excel a common oneIn shape, in courage, colo

So did this horse excel a common one
In shape, in courage, color, pace and bone.
…What a horse should have he did not lack,
Save a proud rider on so proud a back. – William Shakespeare

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Ceremony was but devised at first to set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, recanting goodness, sorry ere Tis shown; but where there is true friendship, there needs none. – William Shakespeare

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My beautiful, my beautiful! That standest meekly by, with thy proudly-arched and glossy neck, and dark and fiery eye! – Caroline Norton

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Under his spurning feet, the road
Like an arrowly alpine river flowed
And the landscape sped away behind
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I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace. – Abraham Lincoln

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