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Quote by Herman Melville
The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a ga

The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head – Herman Melville

Other quotes by Herman Melville

The lightning flashes through my skull; mine eyeballs ache and ache; my whole beaten brain seems as beheaded, and rolling on some stunning ground. – Herman Melville

Category:
Madness
Author
Herman Melville
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Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden – what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear! – Herman Melville

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Clothing
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Herman Melville
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Other Quotes from
Sailing
category

I long for the solitude
of a sunset at sea,
and the chill of the breeze
coming in with the eve.
For the motion of my boat,
as she swings on her rode,
and the beauty of the stars,
in the evenings last glow. – R.C. Gibbons

Category:
Sailing

There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well. – Joyce Brothers

Category:
Sailing

He is the best sailor who can steer within the fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. – Henry David Thoreau

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Sailing

A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. – Grace Murray Hopper

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Sailing

Random Quotes

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them. – Jim Carrey

Category:
Life

We tried to have diplomas without learning, we tried to have jobs without work, we tried to have houses without savings, we tried to have government without responsibility. – Newt Gingrich

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Government

Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges. – Herman Melville

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Truth

Surfing soothes me, its always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when Im on a wave. – Paul Walker

Category:
Experience