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Quote by Joseph Conrad
The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No dis

The sea – this truth must be confessed – has no generosity. No display of manly qualities – courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness – has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power. – Joseph Conrad

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The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness. – Joseph Conrad

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Water
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Joseph Conrad
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The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab. – Joseph Conrad

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Weather
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Joseph Conrad
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Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not ones better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act. – Maxwell Maltz

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The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. – Edward Gibbon

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Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one. – Bertrand Russell

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Im not a fighter, but I would love to be a boxer because I love the courage and toughness. I mean, there can be nothing more terrifying than walking into an arena and looking at Mike Tyson in the ring. – Mark McGrath

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