He who commands the sea has command of everything.
—Francis Bacon, c. 1600
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The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.
—Dai Vernon, 1994The life of a sailor is very unhealthy.
—Francis Galton, 1883Guard more faithfully the secret which is confided to you than the money which is entrusted to your care.
—Isocrates, c. 370 BCCows are among the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them—and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.
—Thomas De Quincey, 1821They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
—Francis Bacon, 1605The more corrupt the state, the more numerous its laws.
—Tacitus, c. 110The one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
—Salvador Dalí, 1953Attacks on me will do no harm, and silent contempt is the best answer to them.
—James Monroe, 1808To burn always with this hard, gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
—Walter Pater, 1873Ah! Freedom is a noble thing!
—John Barbour, 1375I always think of nature as a great spectacle, somewhat resembling the opera.
—Bernard de Fontenelle, 1686The art of invention grows young with the things invented.
—Francis Bacon, 1605