“Though the Indian ocean abounds in rich and rare gems, it does not boast a clearer sky nor more unruffled sea. If there be a shore that dreads not the fury of the faithless billows, it is some poor and narrow inlet unknown to the winds.” IfsDoePoorRichSeaSkyWindOceanIndianShoreDreadBoastFuryGemsFaithlessVicissitudes Author:Pietro Metastasio
“We are like vessels tossed on the bosom of the deep; our passions are the winds that sweep us impetuously forward; each pleasure is a rock; the whole life is a wide ocean. Reason is the pilot to guide us, but often allows itself to be led astray by the storms of pride.” LifeReasonWholeLife IsPassionPleasureRocksWindPrideOceanStormWideGuidesWhole LifePilotsVesselBosoms Author:Pietro Metastasio
