salty wisdom (old sayings)

[goosefish]

Whiskey is the life of man.
Whiskey Johnny.
Whiskey is the life of man,
And it's whiskey for me, Johnny-O.

Old sailors song. One that I've always liked. It's simple and direct, somehow full of tradition.

[goosefish]

Red to red or green to green
No danger can be seen
Red to green and green to red
There's a vessel dead ahead.

[goosefish]

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way.

---John Paul Jones

off topic but still a great line.

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by goosefish

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way.

---John Paul Jones

off topic but still a great line.

another one

English philosopher Edmund Burke said, ‘The only thing necessary for the triumph [of evil] is for good men to do nothing.’