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«I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.»
«Give a man a horse he can ride, give a man a boat he can sail; and his rank and wealth, his strength and health on sea nor shore shall fail.»
Author: James Thomson (Poet) | About: Boats | Keywords: boat, rank, shore
«And, when the streamWhich overflowed the soul was passed away,A consciousness remained that it had left,Deposited upon the silent shoreOf memory, images and precious thoughtsThat shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.»
«Deny the passport, throw it away and make a great decision that you will not leave this shore until and unless you have liberated all the human beings.»
«It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.»
«In the love of narrow souls I make many short voyages but in vain - I find no sea room - but in great souls I sail before the wind without a watch, and never reach the shore.»
«Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.»
«A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.»
Author: Proverb | Keywords: at sea, beacon, beacons, shore, wreck
«Hug the shore; let others try the deep.»
Author: Virgil (Author, Poet) | Keywords: hug, shore, The Deep
«I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore. . . .I hear it in the deep heart's core.»

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