Famous quotes containing the words century, sailing and/or ship:
“How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
“There’s precious little to say between day and dark,
Perhaps a few words on the implacable will
Of time sailing like a magic barque
Or something as fine for the amenities....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“But we must build our walls, for what we are
Necessitates it, and we must construct
The ship to navigate behind them, there.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)