Quote by Joseph Conrad
There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea. – Joseph Conrad

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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. – Joseph Conrad

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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. – Joseph Conrad

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This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still. – Joseph Conrad

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There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline and humility are required. – Prince Andrew

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The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash. – Sir Winston Churchill

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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. – Calvin Coolidge

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Drinking is the soldiers pleasure. – John Dryden

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Theres a victory, and defeat the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself. – Plato

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