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Letter "S" » ship
«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»
Author: George Chapman
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About:
Spirit
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Keywords:
crack,
drinks,
filled,
in low spirits,
keel,
keel over,
low,
low spirits,
lustier,
lusty,
rapt,
rough,
running water,
run on,
sail,
sails,
ship,
The Mast,
This Life,
tremble,
yards
«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.»
«A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.»
Author: William Shedd
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About:
Courage,
Purpose,
Risk
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Keywords:
harbor,
harbored,
harbors,
safe,
safes,
safe harbor,
ship,
shipped,
shipping,
ships
«A small leak can sink a great ship»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
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Inventor,
Philosopher,
Printer,
Scientist,
Statesman,
Writer)
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Keywords:
leak,
leaking,
leaks,
leak out,
sank,
ship,
sink,
sink in,
small 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.»
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
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Architect,
Engineer,
Painter,
Sculptor)
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About:
Theory
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Keywords:
boarded,
boarding,
boards,
Board of,
cast,
cast about,
cast on,
compass,
compasses,
compassing,
practice,
rudder,
sailor,
ship,
theory
«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.»
Author: Robert Heinlein
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Keywords:
accounts,
analyze,
balance,
bone,
butcher,
butchered,
butchers,
computer program,
cone,
cones,
cook,
cooperate,
cooperated,
cooperating,
design,
diaper,
diapers,
efficiently,
Equations,
gallantly,
hog,
invasion,
invasions,
manure,
meal,
orders,
pitch,
pitches,
pitch in,
pitch into,
program,
ship,
sonnet,
Sonnets,
take orders,
tasty,
wall
«Beware of the little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
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Inventor,
Philosopher,
Printer,
Scientist,
Statesman,
Writer)
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Keywords:
beware,
bewares,
expenses,
leak,
leaking,
leaks,
leak out,
sank,
ship,
shipped,
shipping,
sink,
sink in,
small ship
«A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.»