Long Shank Spurs

Famous quotes containing the words long and/or spurs:

    “Saint, saintliness is a long way off.
    It is like a tall and beautiful palm tree.
    If you climb it, you drink the love potion,
    but if you fall you break into pieces.”
    —Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.

    “The wand is will; thou, fancy, saddle art,
    Girt fast by memory; and while I spur
    My horse, he spurs with sharp desire my heart;”
    —Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)