Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for ma

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

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Experience – the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. – Ambrose Bierce

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Experience
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Mammals: a family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle. – Ambrose Bierce

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Breastfeeding
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Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is – it is her shadow. – Ambrose Bierce

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When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented. – Samuel Butler

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A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. – Henry David Thoreau

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I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man. – Henry David Thoreau

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

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