Famous quotes containing the words pursuit, commonwealth and/or games:
“The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)
“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)
“At the age of twelve I was finding the world too small: it appeared to me like a dull, trim back garden, in which only trivial games could be played.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)