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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

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Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise. – Samuel Johnson

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I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. – Samuel Johnson

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The ocean moans over dead mens bones. – Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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There is no drop of water in the ocean, not even in the deepest parts of the abyss, that does not know and respond to the mysterious forces that create the tide. – Rachel Carson

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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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The sea, washing the equator and the poles, offers its perilous aid, and the power and empire that follow it… Beware of me, it says, but if you can hold me, I am the key to all the lands. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes. – Gore Vidal

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I like to think a flower opens itself to outgrow its plantedness. That it yearns to be carried away. – Author Unknown

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Better bend than break. – Scottish Proverb

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