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Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham Quotes

If in another world there is any riding — and God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses — I cannot but think that there will be a soft swishing as of the footsteps of some invisible horse

If in another world there is any riding — and God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses — I cannot but think that there will be a soft swishing as of the footsteps of some invisible horse heard occasionally on the familiar trails over which the equestrian statue is to look.

Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
Horse, Heaven, Equestrian
"Thirty Tales & Sketches".

Poverty, many can endure with dignity. Success, how few can carry off, even with decency and without baring their innermost infirmities before the public gaze!

Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
Poverty, Dignity, Endure
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1902). “Success”

Success, which touches nothing that it does not vulgarize, should be its own reward.

Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
Doe, Rewards, Should
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1970). “Thirty tales & sketches”

How few successful men are interesting! Hannibal, Alcibiades, with Raleigh, Mithridates, and Napoleon, who would compare them for a moment with their mere conquerors?

Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
Successful, Men, Interesting
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1902). “Success”

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