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

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Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good. – Samuel Johnson

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Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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