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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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Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love – and to put its trust in life. – Joseph Conrad

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Resignation, not mystic, not detached, but resignation open-eyed, conscious, and informed by love, is the only one of our feelings for which it is impossible to become a sham. – Joseph Conrad

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Drinking is the soldiers pleasure. – John Dryden

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The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit, and to mothball his opinions. – Omar Bradley

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Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking. – Ambrose Bierce

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