--- title: "5 Jack Aubrey Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 5 Jack Aubrey quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Jack Aubrey sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/patrick-o-brian-2283_captain-jack_not-that-i-mean-the-least-fling-against_323721.png" --- > [“Not that I mean the least fling against men who have won a great fleet action - it is right and proper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/not-that-i-mean-the-least-fling-against-men-who-have-won-a-great/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/patrick-o-brian-2283_captain-jack_not-that-i-mean-the-least-fling-against_323721.png) > [...for very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/for-very-strangely-his-officers-looked-upon-jack-aubrey-as-a-moral/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/patrick-o-brian-2283_figures_for-very-strangely-his-officers-looked-u_1557620.png) > [Jack Aubrey is a tremendous tower of strength and you always want to read about him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-james/jack-aubrey-is-a-tremendous-tower-of-strength-and-you-always-want-to/) [Clive James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5da/clive-james-2750_jack_jack-aubrey-is-a-tremendous-tower-of-str_2487795.png) > [Russell Crowe as Capt. Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, .. most unlikely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weir/russell-crowe-as-capt-jack-aubrey-in-master-and-commander-the-far/) [Peter Weir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da9/peter-weir-13756_commanders_russell-crowe-as-capt-jack-aubrey-in-mas_2871223.jpg) > [“What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?" "Everything, since he has a command and I have not.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/what-s-wrong-with-captain-jack-aubrey-everything-since-he-has-a/) [Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/patrick-o-brian-2283_captain_what-s-wrong-with-captain-jack-aubrey-ev_2891119.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jack-aubrey/#itemlist", "name": "Jack Aubrey Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Not that I mean the least fling against men who have won a great fleet action - it is right and proper that THEY should be peers - but when you look at the mass of titles, tradesmen, dirty politicians, moneylenders...why, I had as soon be plain Jack Aubrey - Captain Jack Aubrey, for I am as proud as Nebuchadnezzar of my service rank, and if ever I hoist my flag, I shall paint HERE LIVES ADMIRAL AUBREY on the front of Ashgrove Cottage in huge letters.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick O'Brian" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/not-that-i-mean-the-least-fling-against-men-who-have-won-a-great/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/patrick-o-brian-2283_captain-jack_not-that-i-mean-the-least-fling-against_323721.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/patrick-o-brian-2283_captain-jack_not-that-i-mean-the-least-fling-against_323721.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/patrick-o-brian-2283_captain-jack_not-that-i-mean-the-least-fling-against_323721.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Not that I mean the least fling against men who have won a great fleet action - it is right and proper that…” — Patrick O'Brian", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...for very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick O'Brian" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/for-very-strangely-his-officers-looked-upon-jack-aubrey-as-a-moral/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/patrick-o-brian-2283_figures_for-very-strangely-his-officers-looked-u_1557620.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/patrick-o-brian-2283_figures_for-very-strangely-his-officers-looked-u_1557620.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/patrick-o-brian-2283_figures_for-very-strangely-his-officers-looked-u_1557620.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...for very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the…” — Patrick O'Brian", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Jack Aubrey is a tremendous tower of strength and you always want to read about him.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clive James" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-james/jack-aubrey-is-a-tremendous-tower-of-strength-and-you-always-want-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5da/clive-james-2750_jack_jack-aubrey-is-a-tremendous-tower-of-str_2487795.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5da/clive-james-2750_jack_jack-aubrey-is-a-tremendous-tower-of-str_2487795.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5da/clive-james-2750_jack_jack-aubrey-is-a-tremendous-tower-of-str_2487795.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Jack Aubrey is a tremendous tower of strength and you always want to read about him.” — Clive James", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Russell Crowe as Capt. 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