Famous quotes containing the words turf, mile and/or stakes:
“Lie lightly on her, turf and dew:
She put so little weight on you.”
—Marcus Valerius Martial (c. 40–104)
“May they stumble, stage by stage
On an endless pilgrimage,
Dawn and dusk, mile after mile,
At each and every step, a stile;”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)
“Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men.”
—William Empson (1906–1984)