Modern Domesticated Horses

Famous quotes containing the words modern, domesticated and/or horses:

    “There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life’s sores the better.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “His principles are like the bristles of a domesticated pig, they don’t pierce through the pork.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    “We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits—and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful.”
    —Simone Weil (1909–1943)