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Letter "C" » captain
«For a politician to complain about the press is like a ship's captain complaining about the sea»
«Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.»
Author: Guy de Maupassant
| About:
Government,
War
| Keywords:
captain, ship, shipwreck, shipwrecked, shipwrecks
«Annina: Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault? Rick: Oh, he's just like any other man, only more so.»
«A frightened captain makes a frightened crew»
«Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave»
Author: Thomas J. Jackson
| About:
Military,
Religious
| Keywords:
captain, fixed, overtake, overtaken, overtaking, religious belief, religious beliefs
«Captain Kirk never burped out his lines, nor did he simply SPEAK! as IF! Every! Other! SYLlable! WAS! of DIRE! ImPORTance!»
«And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.»
«And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: / And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city: / And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: / And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.»
«Death, old captain, it is time, let us raise anchor!»
«And simple truth miscalled simplicity,And captive good attending captain ill.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
attending, captain, captive, The Captive
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