Light Horse Troops

Famous quotes containing the words light, horse and/or troops:

    I think continually of those who were truly great.
    Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history
    Through corridors of light where the hours are suns,
    Endless and singing.
    Stephen Spender (1909–1995)

    People do not think themselves ugly, just as no horse thinks its face is long.
    Chinese proverb.

    O, now for ever
    Farewell the tranquil mind, farewell content,
    Farewell the plumèd troops and the big wars
    That makes ambition virtue! O, farewell!
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)