Master said, God had given men reason, by which they could find out things for themselves but He gave animals knowledge . . . which was much more prompt and perfect in its way, and by which they had often saved the lives of men.
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Though I am an old horse, and have seen and heard a great deal, I never yet could make out why men are so fond of this sport they often hurt themselves, often spoil good horses, and tear up the fields, and all for a hare, or a fox, or a stag, that they could get more easily some other way but we are only horses, and don't know.Anna Sewell
There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham.
Anna Sewell
I am never afraid of what I know.
Anna Sewell
We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.
Anna Sewell
My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.
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