There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.
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The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.Joseph Conrad
It is when we try to grapple with another man's intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible, wavering, and misty are the beings that share with us the sight of the stars and the warmth of the sun.
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Between the conception and the creation between the emotion and the response Falls the shadow
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The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of 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.
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