Famous quotes containing the words comet, empire and/or fleet:
“By being seldom seen, I could not stir
But like a comet I was wondered at.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
“On the middle of that quiet floor
sits a fleet of small black ships,
square-rigged, sails furled, motionless,
their spars like burned matchsticks.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)