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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

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

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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

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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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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

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