Famous quotes containing the words floating, point and/or numbers:
“The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island.”
—William Blackstone (1723–1780)
“It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be able give good advice to oneself.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“The land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.”
—Bible: Hebrew Numbers 35:33.