Blow Quote by Horatio Nelson

“I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea.”

Horatio Nelson

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Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

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Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight

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The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick and finesse,…

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Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.

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Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean.

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When I follow my own head, I am, in general, much more correct in my judgment than following the opinion of others.

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A ship's a fool to fight a fort.

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