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The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the

The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land. – Joseph Conrad

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

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legal
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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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Water
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A pool is, for many of us in the West, a symbol not of affluence but of order, of control over the uncontrollable. A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye. – Joan Didion

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Water

The more simply Life is supported, and the less Stimulus we use, the better — and Happy are the Young and Healthy who are wise enough to be convinced that Water is the best drink, and Salt the best sauce. – William Kitchiner (1775–1827), “Wine,” The Art of Invigorating and Prolong

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Water

A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone who believes everybody should pay for his water. I – Theodore White

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Water

A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable. – William Wordsworth

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Water

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That person has to be accountable for himself. I think thats what we have to do in society today is to be accountable for yourself. I think we have the tendency to always want to live someone elses life. – Herschel Walker

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I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles. – Geoff Hoon

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I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. – Abraham Lincoln

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When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before. – Blaise Pascal

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