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“Mankind owns four things
That are no good at sea:
Rudder, anchor, oars,
And the fear of going down.”
― Antonio Machado
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Originally Posted by fonfe
From my long departed Irish grandmother .................
"All the world's mad save thee and me ............. and I've my doubts about thee".
"You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours."
-Sir Charles James Napier
"It is a long road that has no turn"
"An old dog for the road, A pup for the footpath"
"Land Rovers don't rust."
..Car salesman...
Seamans saying, long ago. " To whistle in a calm will bring a wind, but to whistle on board when the wind is blowing will bring a gale. " Bob
The fool that would persist in his folly will become wise.
William Blake.