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• When the stormy winds do blow. -- Martyn Parker (c. 1600-1656) -- Song
• Ye mariners of England, That guard our native sea
  Whose flag has braved, a thousand years, The battle and the breeze!...
• Blow ye winds / Like the trumpet blows; / But without that noise. -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
• Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep
  Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep....
• The meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn, Till danger's troubled night depart, And the star of peace return.
  -- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) -- Ye Mariners of England...
• Never draw your dirk when a blow will do it. Scottish Proverb
• Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Lear -- Act iii, Sc.
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• The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.
  -- Martin Luthe...
• When it doesn't blow, it sucks.