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«A ship is always referred to as she because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder»
«Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves to have his sails filled with a lusty wind, Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side so low That she drinks water, and her keel ploughs air»
«Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.»
«'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.»
Author: Thomas Fuller (Clergyman, Writer) | About: Ability | Keywords: governs, ship, skill, Tis
«A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.»
«A small leak can sink a great ship»
«He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.»
«A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.»
«Beware of the little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.»
«A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.»
Author: Thomas Carlyle (Essayist, Historian) | Keywords: rudder, ship

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