Famous quotes containing the words century, sailing and/or ship:
“If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
“To sunny waters some
By fatal instinct fly; where on the pool
They sportive wheel, or, sailing down the stream,
Are snatched immediate by the quick-eyed trout
Or darting salmon.”
—James Thomson (1700–1748)
“The world’s a ship on its voyage out, and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit is its prow.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)