A large ocean liner

A large ocean liner
A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out
  

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It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.
Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.
The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.
Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.
History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history
Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.
Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.
An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.