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Quote by Samuel Johnson
When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation — a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. – Samuel Johnson

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Letters (writing)
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Samuel Johnson
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We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. – Samuel Johnson

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Happiness
Author
Samuel Johnson
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Other Quotes from
Oceans
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I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. – John Edward Masefield

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Oceans

Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part. – Hermann Broch

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Oceans

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

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Oceans

There is hope from the sea, but none from the grave. – Proverb

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Oceans

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Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors. – Paul Cezanne

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Although as a sailor I despised politics – for I loved my sailors life and still love it today – conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems. – Fritz Sauckel

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Attitude

I just think were living in a time of massive, amazing change, like the Industrial Revolution on acid. – Kelly Lynch

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amazing

A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: Duh. – Conan OBrien

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Women