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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made

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

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Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white. – Ambrose Bierce

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The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it. – John Stuart Mill

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Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature. – Andrea Arnold

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