The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
Joseph Conrad
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
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There is a kind way of assisting our fellow-creatures which is enough to break their hearts while it saves their outer envelope.
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