Steven PressfieldA horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.
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The horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so. This quote is a humorous way of saying that a horse requires a certain insanity in order to be a good cavalry mount. Just as the horse cannot think straight, the soldier cannot think straight while riding on its back.
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