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"10 Richard Henry Dana Jr. Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 1 August 1815 | Lawyer | Politician |
He who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
Cease Dates Learn Teach
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The Californians are an idle, thriftless people, and can make nothing for themselves. The country abounds in grapes, yet they buy, at a great price, bad wine made in Boston.

Thriftless People Californians Nothing
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There is not so helpless and pitiable an object in the world as a landsman beginning a sailor's life.

Beginning Helpless Pitiable Object
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Monterey, as far as my observation goes, is decidedly the pleasantest and most civilized-looking place in California.

Observation California Decidedly Civilized
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Let him then have powers commensurate with his utmost possible need, only let him be held strictly responsible for the exercise of them. Any other course would be injustice as well as bad policy

Commensurate Exercise Responsible Injustice
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Work hard, live hard, die hard, and go to hell after all, would be hard indeed!

Live Die Work After
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There is something in the clear blue warm sea of the tropics, which gives to the stranger a feeling of unreality.

Something Sea Clear Blue
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As has often been said, a ship is like a lady's watch, always out of repair.

Often Lady Watch Always
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With all my imperfections on my head,
Anchor Imperfections Hauled Stream
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A well man at sea has little sympathy with one who is seasick; he is too apt to be conscious of a comparison favorable to his own manhood.

Sympathy Comparison Conscious Favourable
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Richard Henry Dana Jr. Quotes & Sayings