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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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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce

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