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The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the ac

The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness. – Joseph Conrad

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Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of ones enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with ones friends. – Joseph Conrad

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Truth
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Joseph Conrad
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The sea – this truth must be confessed – has no generosity. No display of manly qualities – courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness – has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power. – Joseph Conrad

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Courage
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Joseph Conrad
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Water
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Praise the sea; on shore remain. – John Florio

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Water

Keep your feet on the deck, your hands on the tiller, your eyes on the horizon and your beer in the fridge! – B.E.Marshall

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Water

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean. – Arthur C. Clarke

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Water

The best man is like water.
Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them.
It dwells in lowly places that all disdain.
This is why it is so near to Tao. – Lao-Tzu

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Water

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