Light Horse Troops

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

    “What is love itself,
    Even though it be the lightest of light love,
    But dreams that hurry from beyond the world
    To make low laughter more than meat and drink,
    Though it but set us sighing?”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The horse is taught his manage, and no star
    Of wildest course but treads back his own steps;”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    “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.)