Dutch Fleet

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“The French courage proceeds from vanity—the German from phlegm—the Turkish from fanaticism & opium—the Spanish from pride—the English from coolness—the Dutch from obstinacy—the Russian from insensibility—but the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

“They ... fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)