You must in all Airs follow the strength, spirit, and disposition of the horse, and do nothing against nature; for art is but to set nature in order, and nothing else.

Quote by William Cavendish

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By this way you may dress all sorts of horses in the utmost perfection, if...

By this way you may dress all sorts of horses in the utmost perfection, if...

The main secret for a horse that is heavy upon the hand, is for the...

The main secret for a horse that is heavy upon the hand, is for the...

Be always lavish of your caresses, and sparing in your corrections.

Be always lavish of your caresses, and sparing in your corrections.

You may observe in all my lessons, that I tell you how the legs go,...

You may observe in all my lessons, that I tell you how the legs go,...

You should pull him back besides in all the lines before the quarter, just as...

You should pull him back besides in all the lines before the quarter, just as...

But my method of the pillar, as it throws the horse yet more upon the...

But my method of the pillar, as it throws the horse yet more upon the...

These are excellent lessons to break him, and make him light in hand: but nothing...

These are excellent lessons to break him, and make him light in hand: but nothing...

The horse's neck is between the two reins of the bridle, which both meet in...

The horse's neck is between the two reins of the bridle, which both meet in...

And he that said that a horse was not dressed, whose curb was not loose,...

And he that said that a horse was not dressed, whose curb was not loose,...

Use gentle means before you come to extremity, and whatever lesson you work him, and...

Use gentle means before you come to extremity, and whatever lesson you work him, and...

But there is nothing to be done till a horse's head is settled.

But there is nothing to be done till a horse's head is settled.

But we ought to consider the natural form and shape of a horse, that we...

But we ought to consider the natural form and shape of a horse, that we...

Without knowing this, no man can dress a horse perfectly.

Without knowing this, no man can dress a horse perfectly.

Now being upon the haunches (as he necessarily must be in this case) is it...

Now being upon the haunches (as he necessarily must be in this case) is it...