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Quote by Ambrose Bierce
A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man

A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man, who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce

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Duty. That which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. – Ambrose Bierce

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Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. – Ambrose Bierce

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When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land. – Samuel Johnson

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I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free, and ending just where it began. – William Hazlitt

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Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part. – Hermann Broch

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I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying. – John Edward Masefield

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