"Every man should have laws of his own, I should think commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry."
-Gilbert Parker
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"It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them.“
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