James Cook famous quotes
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Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.
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The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation.
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I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the sea.
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From what I have said of the natives of New Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon earth but in reality they are far happier than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous, but
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Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due.
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To enslave a people, give them money they didn't earn.
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What is still more to our shame as civilized Christians, we debauch their morals already too prone to vice, and we introduce among them wants and perhaps disease which they never before knew and which serve only to disturb that happy tranquility which they and their forefathers enjoyed. If anyone denies the truth of this assertion, let him tell me what the natives of the whole extent of America have gained by the commerce they have had with Europeans.
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Remember, the greater the opportunity, the fewer are those who see it.
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Whatever you do without confidence will be done badly.
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No matter how great your wisdom, you can still make a fool of yourself.
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Better to have something to say than to have to say something.
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Never underestimate the incompetence of government.
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Independent thinkers are usually geniuses or idiots and at times it's hard to tell which.
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Seeds sewn in adversity bear the greatest fruit.
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The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens.
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Whenever you have something nice someone will try to ruin it.
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There is no help from without, only from within.
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Inflation makes the wealthiest people richer and the masses poorer.
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Nothing in life is guaranteed, including government guarantees.
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Once you're in heaven it makes no difference when you got there.
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It's easier to have faith in yourself if you have faith in God.
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Socialism is the triumph of people's prejudices over their reason.
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Self interest feeds more people than self sacrifice.
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When your mind tries to verify a preconceived notion you can miss the obvious.
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A thinker reverses roles and sees the perspectives of others.
-- James Cook
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