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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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There is a kind way of assisting our fellow-creatures which is enough to break their hearts while it saves their outer envelope. – Joseph Conrad

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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else. – Oliver Cromwell

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

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Valor, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule — these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature. – Bhagavad Gita

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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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