Sicilian Expedition/winter of 415 - Spring of 414 BC

Famous quotes containing the words expedition, winter and/or spring:

    It is a sort of ranger service. Arnold’s expedition is a daily experience with these settlers. They can prove that they were out at almost any time; and I think that all the first generation of them deserve a pension more than any that went to the Mexican war.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    One aged man—one man—can’t keep a house,
    A farm, a countryside, or if he can,
    It’s thus he does it of a winter night.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    The only thing that could spoil a day was people.... People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.
    Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)