But if cattle and horses or lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and do the work that men can do, horses would draw the forms of the gods like horses, and cattle like cattle, and they would make their bodies such as they each had themselves.
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LARRY MACPHAIL ...The Arabs I rode herding cattle with your father in the fifties and sixties would do a full day... PATRICIA BRIGGS If people suspect their Cattle Bewitched, if they be great Cattle, make the twelfth house their asce... WILLIAM LILLY If I were to leave the U.S., I'd live in England. But I'd never leave the U.S. I own a 400-a... OTIS REDDING It's the difference of night and day to be purchasing cattle. It's not been without its challenges, ... DENNIS WIESE And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the ... BIBLE With horses, familiarity breeds comfort. If you haven't been around horses for a while (or ever)... JANE SMILEY The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our ... CHIEF JOSEPH If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses. HENRY FORD A barn with cattle and horses is the place to begin Christmas; after all, that's where the origi... PAUL ENGLE The government sends low-flying helicopters to chase the horses into corrals and then takes them fro... JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL The Indians began to be troublesome all around me, killing and wounding cattle, stealing horses, and... JOHN SUTTER And like blots upon the landscape rose the cupolas above the ways to the Underworld. I understood no... H.G. WELLS I remember some people after the Olympics that had no idea about horses would ask, 'Do you do th... CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN They will tend aphids like little cattle that they farm. ELEANOR GRODEN They dont understand what real treasure is. They see it in gold and copper, and tin. They see in her... DAVID GEMMELL My favourite smell is horses. In fact, most of the time, I do smell like horses. EDIE CAMPBELL 'Heaven's Gate' was based on a true story about the cattle people: the people who had th... KRIS KRISTOFFERSON The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They ar... HENRY DAVID THOREAU Why didn’t the others help you?” Daisy asked angrily, scrubbing the sleeve of her gown over her ... LISA KLEYPAS You would be telling my neighbors they would have to load their horses in trailers, bring them aroun... CHARLES DI BONA Normally, you see prices tend to go backwards in a drought with exceeding amounts of cattle hitting ... RONNIE BECK Splendid,' Abbé Patin said with a sheepish grin, pulling up alongside. 'There is nothing quite so t... SANDRA GULLAND Normally, you see prices tend to go backwards in a drought with exceeding amounts of cattle hitting ... RONNIE BECK If they were going to make us jump our horses that much I would have liked to not have the horses th... NORMAN DELLO JOIO If wishes were horses, beggers would ride JOANNE HARRIS If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. 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ALLEN LONG When I was a child there were many witches, and they bewitched both cattle and men, especially child... MARTIN LUTHER The corncob was the central object of my life. My father was a horse handler, first trotting and pac... PAUL ENGLE The cattle are grazing,Their heads never raising;There are forty feeding like one! WILLIAM WORDSWORTH The cattle are grazing,
Their heads never raising:
There are forty feeding like one! WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 4-H is a good place for youth that are interested in horses to come be around other youth who are in... JULIA HINZ Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and th... BIBLE Employers are like horses — they require management. P.G. WODEHOUSE If wishes were horses then beggars would ride. SOURCE UNKNOWN Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children. WILLIAM PENN It would have been better if I had won. But it's nice to know that people still love the horses and ... ANGEL JR I like playing guys with swords and the horses and stuff like that. SEAN BEAN If wishes were horses," she murmured, "beggars would ride. JENNIFER HAYMORE If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride AMERICAN PROVERB He was a strong guy, ... He was mentally tough, and he had tremendous determination when doing anyth... BILL SHAW Work is the province of cattle. DOROTHY PARKER It would have been better if I had won, ... But it's nice to know that people still love the horses ... ANGEL CORDERO JR. Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children WILLIAM PENN It would have been better if I had won, ... But it's nice to know that people still love the horses ... ANGEL JR. It would have been better if I had won. But it's nice to know that people still love the horses and ... ANGEL CORDERO JR Do they not see that We have created cattle for them, out of what Our hands have wrought, so they ar... QURAN They had supported him ... for freedom's sake, they would have said; meaning as do all men who mouth... MARGARET BUTLER The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themse... HERACLITUS If not for the horses, Piper would've died. RICK RIORDAN I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses. VICTOR HUGO Ever note, Lucilius,
When love begins to sicken and decay
It useth an enforced ceremony.
... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits -- and we bow our heads. W... SIMONE WEIL Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if the... ABIGAIL ADAMS "O Mary, go and call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
... CHARLES KINGSLEY Have you thought of doing it? Being a cattle farmer? If that's what it's called? I think we should d... KATIE MCGARRY People are frantically calling and telling us their cat is on the third floor of an apartment in New... WAYNE PACELLE I think sometimes there is no right thing. ROSAMUND HODGE That race is like a 1400m anyway and it will tell me if she can go on to the Guineas or remain again... BRUCE MCLACHLAN Some people like to go fishing, ... We like to work cattle. DAVID HORN Most people are too silly to be truly interested in any thing. They herd together like cattle, and d... FRANK R. STOCKTON I've always been a true believer that if men had babies, nobody would be trying to tell them wha... SCOTT IAN They made some shots. They made shots with hands in their faces. If they can do that, they're going ... DOUG MCCRARY I grew up with horses when I was a kid in Argentina. I like them. I respect them. I'm careful ar... VIGGO MORTENSEN My parents believed in exposing each of their children to an abundance of varied activities in the h... DOROTHY HAMILL Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses. PROVERB People need to know that the cattle and the pastures and the citrus groves they see do not sustain t... CLAY JORDAN Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen. EDWARD F. HALIFAX Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen. GEORGE SAVILE I think it's really good. When you only have one, then all the buyers seem to go to that one horse. ... DEAN DE RENZO Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds ... DALE CARNEGIE All these attacks took place in the context of cattle raids, which intensify at the end of the dry s... DAVID LOCHHEAD I've got cattle on 4,000 acres about 100 miles east of Dallas, but I've also got another 65-... CARROLL SHELBY I'd like to work with horses, but it doesn't pay very well. Maybe I'd like to go somewhe... EDIE CAMPBELL Though I am an old horse, and have seen and heard a great deal, I never yet could make out why men a... ANNA SEWELL I never said all actors are cattle, what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle. ALFRED HITCHCOCK Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds an... DALE CARNEGIE Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see a bird that had the blues? One reason why birds ... DALE CARNEGIE And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty ... BIBLE The Bible makes it clear that every time that there is a story of faith, it is completely original. ... EUGENE H. PETERSON I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle. ALFRED HITCHCOCK What do the Texans say? All hat, no cattle. ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH When I wonder what the future of books will be, I often think about horses. Before automobiles exist... SUSAN ORLEAN There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw w... CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG
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Homer and Hesiod have ascribed to the gods all things that are a shame and a disgrace among mortals,... XENOPHANES Homer and Hesiod have ascribed to the gods all things that are a shame and a disgrace among mortals,... XENOPHANES All men begin their learning with Homer. XENOPHANES The gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us. XENOPHANES God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought. XENOPHANES There is one God - supreme among gods and men - who is like mortals in neither body nor mind. XENOPHANES It isn't right to judge strength as better than good wisdom. XENOPHANES Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom. XENOPHANES It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man. XENOPHANES If cattle and horses, or lions, had hands, or were able to draw with their feet and produce the work... XENOPHANES Men create the gods in their own image. XENOPHANES No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not... XENOPHANES