Anna Sewell quotes

Anna Sewell was an English writer, best known for her classic novel “Black Beauty.” This story has touched millions and raised awareness about the humane treatment of horses. She continues to inspire compassion for animals and is remembered as a champion of their welfare. Here are 21 of her quotes:

I am never afraid of what I know. (Anna Sewell)
Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it." View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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If you in the morning Throw minutes away, You can't pick them up In the course of a day. You may hurry and scurry, And flurry and worry, You've lost them forever, Forever and aye. View quote
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Oh! if people knew what a comfort to a horse a light hand is. View quote
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If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will find a way. View quote
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My troubles are over, and I am finally home. View quote
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God had given men reason, by which they could find out things for themselves, but He had given animals knowledge which did not depend on reason, and which was much more prompt and perfect in its way, and by which they had often saved the lives of men. View quote
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My troubles are all over, and I am at home; and often before I am quite awake, I fancy I am still in the orchard at Birtwick, standing with my friends under the apple trees. (Anna Sewell)
What right had they to make me suffer like that? View quote
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It is good people who make good places. View quote
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Why don't they cut their own children's ears into points to make them look sharp? Why don't they cut off their noses to make them look plucky? One would be just as sensible as the other. What right have they to torment and disfigure God's creatures? View quote
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If they strain me up tight, why, let 'em look out! I can't bear it, and I won't. View quote
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[D]o your best wherever it is, and keep up your good name. View quote
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I hope you will grow up gentle and good, and never learn bad ways; do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never bite or kick even in play. View quote
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We shall all have to be judged according to our works, whether they be towards man or towards beast. View quote
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if we could act a little more according to common sense, and a good deal less according to fashion, we should find many things work easier. View quote
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A bad-tempered man will never make a good-tempered horse. View quote
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Do you know why this world is as bad as it is? [...] it is because people think only about their own business, and won't trouble themselves to stand up for the oppressed, nor bring the wrong-doer to light. (Anna Sewell)

Anna Sewell

Anna Sewell - Image
Occupation: English Writer
Born: March 30, 1820
Died: April 25, 1878
Quotes count: 21

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