Fletcher/ships

Famous quotes containing the words fletcher and/or ships:

    “Come, all sad and solemn shows,
    That are quick-eyed Pleasure’s foes!
    We convent nought else but woes,
    We convent nought else but woes.”
    —John Fletcher (1579–1625)

    “A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway.”
    —Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)