European Race Walking

Famous quotes containing the words european, race and/or walking:

    “Assassination is the perquisite of princes.”
    —19th-century European court cliché.

    “But—if you cannot give us ease—
    Last of the race of them who grieve
    Here leave us to die out with these
    Last of the people who believe!
    Silent, while years engrave the brow;
    Silent—the best are silent now.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    “The walking of girls’ vulnerable feet,
    The heart in its own endless silence kneeling.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)