British Commonwealth Games

Famous quotes containing the words british, commonwealth and/or games:

    “When a man wants to write a book full of unassailable facts, he always goes to the British Museum.”
    —Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

    “While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “As long as lightly all their livelong sessions,
    Like a yardful of schoolboys out at recess
    Before their plays and games were organized,
    They yelling mix tag, hide-and-seek, hopscotch,
    And leapfrog in each other’s way all’s well.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)