17 April 1986 Posted on April 16, 2012 by Staff –The 355 Years’ War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly finally ends. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark." Samuel Johnson — Click here for more from Samuel Johnson Related posts: 9 July 1986 5 September 1986 16 October 1986 25 February 1986 4 October 1777 27 August 1776