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> [There's no getting blood out of a turnip.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/there-s-no-getting-blood-out-of-a-turnip/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

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## More by Frederick Marryat

> [All lies, white or black, disgrace a gentleman, although I grant there is a difference: to say the least of it, it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/all-lies-white-or-black-disgrace-a-gentleman-although-i-grant-there/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

> [I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/i-would-rather-write-for-the-instruction-or-even-the-amusement-of-the/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

> [But what was most remarkable, Broadway being three miles long, and the booths lining each side of it, in every booth there was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/but-what-was-most-remarkable-broadway-being-three-miles-long-and-the/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

> [There is no composing draught like the draught through the tube of a pipe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/there-is-no-composing-draught-like-the-draught-through-the-tube-of-a/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

> [If I cannot narrate a life of adventurous and daring exploits, fortunately I have no heavy crimes to confess: and, if I do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/if-i-cannot-narrate-a-life-of-adventurous-and-daring-exploits/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

> [The English will agree with me that there are plenty of good things for the table in America; but the old proverb says: 'God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/the-english-will-agree-with-me-that-there-are-plenty-of-good-things/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

> [There's no getting blood out of a turnip.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/there-s-no-getting-blood-out-of-a-turnip/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

> [In the vast archipelago of the east, where Borneo and Java and Sumatra lie, and the Molucca Islands, and the Philippines, the sea is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/in-the-vast-archipelago-of-the-east-where-borneo-and-java-and-sumatra/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

> [Every man paddles his own canoe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/every-man-paddles-his-own-canoe/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

> [Gentle reader, I was born upon the water - not upon the salt and angry ocean, but upon the fresh and rapid-flowing river.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/gentle-reader-i-was-born-upon-the-water-not-upon-the-salt-and-angry/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

> [“The squadron of men-of-war and transports was collected, the commodore’s flag hoisted, and the expedition sailed with most secret orders, which, as usual, were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/the-squadron-of-men-of-war-and-transports-was-collected-the-commodore/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

> [Vanity is a confounded donkey, very apt to put his head between his legs, and chuck us over; but pride is a fine horse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/vanity-is-a-confounded-donkey-very-apt-to-put-his-head-between-his/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

> [White lies are ushers to black ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/white-lies-are-ushers-to-black-ones/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

> [It's just six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-marryat/it-s-just-six-of-one-and-half-a-dozen-of-the-other/)

[Frederick Marryat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-marryat/)

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