Famous quotes containing the words light, horse and/or troops:
“Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)
“At a tavern hereabouts the hostler greeted our horse as an old acquaintance, though he did not remember the driver.... Every man to his trade. I am not acquainted with a single horse in the world, not even the one that kicked me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“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)