Portal:Piracy/Quotes
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- July 2007
| “ | Nobody but myself and the devil knows where my treasure is hid, and the longer liver will take all! | ” |
- August 2007
| “ | I am sorry to see you here Jack, but if you had fought like a man, you need not be hanged like a dog. | ” |
- September 2007
| “ | A merry life and a short one shall be my motto. | ” |
- October 2007
| “ | Come, let us make a hell of our own, and try how long we can bear it. | ” |
- November 2007
| “ | This man was a real-life Goliath; sadly, there was no David who could stand up against him! | ” |
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— Count of Nychlenborch (former enemy of Pier Gerlofs Donia talking about him) |
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- December 2007
| “ | Dedit haec insignia virtus | ” |
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— (Trans: Bravery gave him nobility) René Duguay-Trouin's motto given to him by Louis XIV of France |
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- January 2008
| “ | Coming up to them, there has passed some common shot between some of our fleet and some of them; and as far as we perceive, they are determined to sell their lives with blows. | ” |
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—Francis Drake to Admiral Henry Seymour, after coming upon part of the Spanish Armada. |
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- February 2008
| “ | Now for our affair's are on the razor's edge, men of Ionia, wither we are to be free or slaves ... so if you will bear hardships now, you will suffer temporarily but be able to overcome your enemies | ” |
- March 2008
| “ | Come, all you brave boys, whose courage is bold, Will you venture with me? I’ll glut you with gold. |
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—A Copy of Verses, Composed by Captain Henry Every (1696) |
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