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Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacki

Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone. – Horatio Nelson

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Duty is the great business of a sea officer all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be. – Horatio Nelson

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I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor. – Horatio Nelson

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My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive. – Horatio Nelson

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I used to wonder if it was Gods plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world. – Lana Del Rey

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What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, youre not alone. – Arthur C. Brooks

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I cant write without a reader. Its precisely like a kiss – you cant do it alone. – John Cheever

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