Sea Battle Tomorrow

Famous quotes containing the words sea, battle and/or tomorrow:

    “The sea is very old.
    The sea is the face of Mary,
    without miracles or rage
    or unusual hope,
    grown rough and wrinkled
    with incurable age.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him, awoke his powers of combination, and he put on terror and victory as a robe.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Just as petals fall from drying garlands, which you can see aimlessly swimming in wine-bowls are we lovers, who now puff up our chests, but perhaps tomorrow the fateful day will shut us down.”
    —Propertius Sextus (c. 50–16 B.C.)