Disasters
- Boscastle flood of 2004
- Penlee lifeboat disaster (1981)
- Sikorsky S-61 disaster 1983
- Torrey Canyon
- Cornish shipwrecks
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Famous quotes containing the word disasters:
“Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace
The day’s disasters in his morning face.”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)
“The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.”
—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)
“Those who escape death in great disasters are surely destined for good fortune later.”
—Chinese proverb.