British Commonwealth Games

Famous quotes containing the words british, commonwealth and/or games:

    “Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.”
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    “While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The rules of drinking games are taken more serious than the rules of war.”
    —Chinese proverb.