"As for myself, the wonderful sea charmed me from the first."

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Source : Joshua Slocum (1985). “The Voyages of Joshua Slocum”, p.226, Sheridan House, Inc.

Joshua Slocum

#Sea Quotes #Ships Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“The happiest pillow on which you may rest your head is the knowledge of God's will. I cannot imagine a more miserable situation than consciously to be out of God's will.”
“Money doesn't change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.”
“Je sais la douleur est la noblesse unique OÂ u' ne mordront jamais la terre et les enfers. I know that pain is the one nobility upon which Hell itself cannot encroach.”
“When you win and the other fellow loses, what do you see? A losing face. There is great joy in losing and making the other person win and have a happy face. Who will be the happiest person? The one who brings happiness to others.”
“Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.”
“Good must triumph over evil. It usually does in life and in any case it's bad for young people to believe it doesn't.”
“We've made a final offer. We hope Ziggy Palffy will come to his senses. We have NO hope his agent will.”
“I, who have never willfully pained another, have no business to pain myself.”

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