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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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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. – 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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Courage
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Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work. – Joseph Conrad

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Life is like sea-water; it never gets quite sweet until it is drawn up into heaven. – J.P. Richter

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Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce

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How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean. – Arthur C. Clarke

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The tides are in our veins. – Robinson Jeffers

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