Light Horse Troops

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

    If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.
    Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

    Time is a horse that runs in the heart, a horse
    Without a rider on a road at night.
    The mind sits listening and hears it pass.
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    Therefore the skilful leader subdues the enemy’s troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.
    Sun Tzu (6th–5th century B.C.)