Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.
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The luck will alter and the star will rise.
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I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow rover, And a quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's o.
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In this life he laughs longest who laughs last.
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Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.
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It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I'll have to speak three times, and then I'll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England?
John Masefield
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