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Sailors Quotes

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[S]team seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.
Jules Verne
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Professor Pierre Aronnax
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“No class of man is altogether bad, but each has its own faults and virtues; and these shipmates of mine were no exception to the rule. Rough they were, sure enough; and bad, I suppose; but they had many virtues. They were kind when it occurred to them, simple even beyond the simplicity of a country lad like me, and had some glimmerings of honesty.”
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“When you ask for a frigate, they give you a raft. Ask for sailors, they give you tavern waiters. And if you want breeches, they give you a vest. Benedict Arnold to David Hawley, August 1776 In”

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