“The aged oak upon the steep stands more firm and secure if assailed by angry winds; for if the winter bares its head, the more strongly it strikes its roots into the ground, acquiring strength as it loses beauty.” IfsLosesWindRootsAngryWinterStrikesSecureFirmOaksSteepFirmness Author:Pietro Metastasio
“Fortune is the best school of courage when she is fraught with anger, in the same way as winds and tempests are the school of the sailorboy.” WaySchoolWindFortuneTempestBest School Author:Pietro Metastasio
“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
