Famous quotes containing the words navy and/or pier:
“There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (18001859)
“Duccio came not by usura
nor Pier della Francesca; Zuan Bellin not by usura
nor was La Calunnia painted.
Came not by usura Angelico; came not Ambrogio Praedis,
Came no church of cut stone signed: Adamo me fecit.”
—Ezra Pound (18851972)
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