Light Horse Troops

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

    “The light that never was, on sea or land,
    The consecration, and the Poet’s dream;”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    “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)