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"No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy."
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"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."

"The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths."

"For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards."
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"Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year."

"If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting."

"I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!"

"Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil."

"Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be."

"Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty."

"Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made."
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