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Quote by William Hazlitt
I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like

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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The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. – William Hazlitt

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Comedy naturally wears itself out — destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses of mankind to ridicule, in the end leaves itself nothing worth laughing at. – William Hazlitt

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There is no drop of water in the ocean, not even in the deepest parts of the abyss, that does not know and respond to the mysterious forces that create the tide. – Rachel Carson

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There is hope from the sea, but none from the grave. – Proverb

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