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# Patrick O'Brian

(1914–2000)   Translator   United Kingdom

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Patrick O'Brian was a translator from the United Kingdom, best known for *Master and Commander*.

## Quick Facts About Patrick O'Brian

Born December 12, 1914

Died January 2, 2000

Nationality United Kingdom

Profession Translator

Notable works Master and Commander

Known for Aubrey-Maturin series

Spouse Mary Wicksteed

## About Patrick O'Brian

The series, set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, follows Captain Jack Aubrey and physician Stephen Maturin. It consists of 20 novels, beginning with Master and Commander, praised for detailed historical detail and authentic language. A partially finished 21st novel was published after his death with handwritten pages.

## Awards & Honors

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

##  Quotes by Patrick O'Brian · Page 4

> [“The words 'Very finely played, sir, I believe' were formed in his gullet if not in his mouth when he caught the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/the-words-very-finely-played-sir-i-believe-were-formed-in-his-gullet/)

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> [...looking angrily at the wombat: and a moment later, 'Come now, Stephen, this is coming it pretty high: your brute is eating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/looking-angrily-at-the-wombat-and-a-moment-later-come-now-stephen/)

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> [“Oh for women at sea to obviate the eternal crosscat-harpings,' he said to himself, 'to do away with the grumlinfuttocks, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/oh-for-women-at-sea-to-obviate-the-eternal-crosscat-harpings-he-said/)

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[Nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/)

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> [For my own part,' said Captain Aubrey, 'I have no notion of disliking a man for his beliefs, above all if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/for-my-own-part-said-captain-aubrey-i-have-no-notion-of-disliking-a/)

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[Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/)

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> [“But, however, I clapped a stopper over his capers.’ Dr Maturin was proud of his nautical expressions: sometimes he got them right,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/but-however-i-clapped-a-stopper-over-his-capers-dr-maturin-was-proud/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Right or wrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/right-or-wrong/)

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> [“I read novels with the utmost pertinaity. I look upon them - I look upon good novels - as a very valuable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/i-read-novels-with-the-utmost-pertinaity-i-look-upon-them-i-look-upon/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [“Good only for destruction - has destroyed all that was valuable in the monarchy - is destroying France with daemonic energy -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/good-only-for-destruction-has-destroyed-all-that-was-valuable-in-the/)

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[Destruction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destruction/)

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> [“Well, damme, William, I am sorry: I am very sorry, indeed I am. But injustice is a rule of the service, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/well-damme-william-i-am-sorry-i-am-very-sorry-indeed-i-am-but/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Injustice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/injustice/)

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> [“Mr Mowett,' called Stephen in the pause while the table was clearing to make room for the pudding, and pudding-wine—in this case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/mr-mowett-called-stephen-in-the-pause-while-the-table-was-clearing-to/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Humour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humour/)

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> [“Hatred the only moving force, a petulant unhappy striving - childhood the only happiness, and that unknowing; then the continual battle that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/hatred-the-only-moving-force-a-petulant-unhappy-striving-childhood/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [“If I no longer love Diana,’ he wrote, ‘what shall I do?’ What could he do, with his mainspring, his prime mover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/if-i-no-longer-love-diana-he-wrote-what-shall-i-do-what-could-he-do/)

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[Every morning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/every-morning/)

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> [“They were looking after themselves, living with rigid economy; and there was no greater proof of their friendship than the way their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/they-were-looking-after-themselves-living-with-rigid-economy-and/)

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[Peace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/peace/)

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> [“It was an operation that Dr. Maturin had carried out at sea before, always in the fullest possible light and therefore on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/it-was-an-operation-that-dr-maturin-had-carried-out-at-sea-before/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

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> [“West was the only officer on the quarterdeck, and it so happened that the party of hands making dolphins and paunch-mats on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/west-was-the-only-officer-on-the-quarterdeck-and-it-so-happened-that/)

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[Blue and gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blue-and-gold/)

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> [“A puma is not a bird," said Tobias, after a hundred paces. "It is a kind of cat - felis concolor. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/a-puma-is-not-a-bird-said-tobias-after-a-hundred-paces-it-is-a-kind/)

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[Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/)

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> [“Valuable and ingenious he might be, thought Jack, fixing him with his glass, but false he was too, and perjured. He had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/valuable-and-ingenious-he-might-be-thought-jack-fixing-him-with-his/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/)

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> [But the tale or narrative set in the past may have its particular time-free value; and the candid reader will not misunderstand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/but-the-tale-or-narrative-set-in-the-past-may-have-its-particular/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [“He reflected on his hitherto reflection that soldiers and sailors were, upon the whole, quite different creatures. ‘And perhaps they are, too:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/he-reflected-on-his-hitherto-reflection-that-soldiers-and-sailors/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Soldiers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soldiers/)

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> [“I would not cross this room to reform parliament or prevent the union or to bring about the millennium... - but man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/i-would-not-cross-this-room-to-reform-parliament-or-prevent-the-union/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Loyalties](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/loyalties/)

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> [“It was a damned near-run thing, I must admit,' said Jack, modestly; then after a pause he laughed and said, 'I remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/it-was-a-damned-near-run-thing-i-must-admit-said-jack-modestly-then/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Battle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/battle/)

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> [“You were always grossly obese,' observed Stephen. 'Were you to walk ten miles a day, and eat half what you do in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/you-were-always-grossly-obese-observed-stephen-were-you-to-walk-ten/)

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[Humour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humour/)

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> [“First there was the sky, high, pure and of a darker blue than he had ever seen. And then there was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/first-there-was-the-sky-high-pure-and-of-a-darker-blue-than-he-had/)

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[Procession](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/procession/)

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> [He sat on as the sun's rays came slowly down through the trees, lower and lower, and when the lowest reached a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/he-sat-on-as-the-sun-s-rays-came-slowly-down-through-the-trees-lower/)

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> [“What do you say to taking up our game where we left off? I was winning, you will recall.' Winning, for all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/what-do-you-say-to-taking-up-our-game-where-we-left-off-i-was-winning/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Friendship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friendship/)

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> [“Jack was led out of the dark room into the strong light, and as they guided him up the steps he could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/jack-was-led-out-of-the-dark-room-into-the-strong-light-and-as-they/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Dark room](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-room/)

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> [“Not that I mean the least fling against men who have won a great fleet action - it is right and proper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/not-that-i-mean-the-least-fling-against-men-who-have-won-a-great/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Captain jack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/captain-jack/)

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> [It meant that Diana had not waited for any explanation, however halting and imperfect, but had condemned him unheard; and this showed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/it-meant-that-diana-had-not-waited-for-any-explanation-however/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Affectionate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affectionate/)

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> [ “\[Babbington\] "What did \[the Doctor, Stephen\] do to you, sir?" \[Captain Aubrey\] "Well, I am ashamed to say he took a pistol-ball… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/babbington-what-did-the-doctor-stephen-do-to-you-sir-captain-aubrey/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Battle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/battle/)

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> [ “They made him \[Stephen\] a little canvas boat, and it was thought that if he were obliged to wear two sea-elephant's bladders,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/they-made-him-stephen-a-little-canvas-boat-and-it-was-thought-that-if/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

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> [“Because, sir, teaching young gentlemen has a dismal effect upon the soul.It exemplifies the badness of established, artificial authority. The pedagogue has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/because-sir-teaching-young-gentlemen-has-a-dismal-effect-upon-the/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

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> [“Since the sheets were half-flown the sails instantly split at the seams, the maintopsail shaking so furiously that the masthead must have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/since-the-sheets-were-half-flown-the-sails-instantly-split-at-the/)

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> [“Yet,'said Maturin, pursuing his own thought, 'there is a quality in dogs, I must confess, rarely to be seen elsewhere and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/yet-said-maturin-pursuing-his-own-thought-there-is-a-quality-in-dogs/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Affection](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affection/)

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> [“The weather had freshened almost to coldness, for the wind was coming more easterly, from the chilly currents between Tristan and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/the-weather-had-freshened-almost-to-coldness-for-the-wind-was-coming/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/)

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> [“I cannot understand the principle at all,' said Stephen. 'I should very much like to show it to Captain Aubrey, who is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/i-cannot-understand-the-principle-at-all-said-stephen-i-should-very/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Boomerang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boomerang/)

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> [“I was talking about children that have not been properly house-trained. Left to their own impulses and indulged by doting or careless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/i-was-talking-about-children-that-have-not-been-properly-house/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [I do not say that all lawyers are bad, but I do maintain that the general tendency is bad: standing up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/i-do-not-say-that-all-lawyers-are-bad-but-i-do-maintain-that-the/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

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> [“When Jack came in he found him sitting before a tray of bird's skins and labels. Stephen looked up, and after a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/when-jack-came-in-he-found-him-sitting-before-a-tray-of-bird-s-skins/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Comfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comfort/)

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> [“But it appears to me that for our patient truth is what he can persuade others to believe: yet at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/but-it-appears-to-me-that-for-our-patient-truth-is-what-he-can/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

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> [“Sure, it is weak and illiberal to speak slightingly of any considerable body of men; yet it so happens that the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/sure-it-is-weak-and-illiberal-to-speak-slightingly-of-any/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

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> [“Finisterre. When she was paid off, Captain Hamond had no difficulty in manning her again, for most of his people re-entered, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-o-brian/finisterre-when-she-was-paid-off-captain-hamond-had-no-difficulty-in/)

[Patrick O'Brian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-o-brian/)

[Sailing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sailing/)

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## Patrick O'Brian by topic

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                        "text": "“It was a damned near-run thing, I must admit,' said Jack, modestly; then after a pause he laughed and said, 'I remember your using those very words in the old Bellerophon, before we had our battle.' 'So I did,' cried Dundas. 'So I did. Lord, that was a great while ago.' 'I still bear the scar,' said Jack. He pushed up his sleeve, and there on his brown forearm was a long white line. 'How it comes back,' said Dundas; and between them, drinking port, they retold the tale, with minute details coming fresh to their minds. As youngsters, under the charge of the gunner of the Bellerophon, 74, in the West Indies, they had played the same game. Jack, with his infernal luck, had won on that occasion too: Dundas claimed his revenge, and lost again, again on a throw of double six. Harsh words, such as cheat, liar, sodomite, booby and God-damned lubber flew about; and since fighting over a chest, the usual way of settling such disagreements in many ships, was strictly forbidden in the Bellemphon, it was agreed that as gentlemen could not possibly tolerate such language they should fight a duel. During the afternoon watch the first lieutenant, who dearly loved a white-scoured deck, found that the ship was almost out of the best kind of sand, and he sent Mr Aubrey away in the blue cutter to fetch some from an island at the convergence of two currents where the finest and most even grain was found. Mr Dundas accompanied him, carrying two newly sharpened cutlasses in a sailcloth parcel, and when the hands had been set to work with shovels the two little boys retired behind a dune, unwrapped the parcel, saluted gravely, and set about each other. Half a dozen passes, the blades clashing, and when Jack cried out 'Oh Hen, what have you done?' Dundas gazed for a moment at the spurting blood, burst into tears, whipped off his shirt and bound up the wound as best he could. When they crept aboard a most unfortunately idle, becalmed and staring Bellerophon, their explanations, widely different and in both cases so weak that they could not be attempted to be believed, were brushed aside, and their captain flogged them severely on the bare breech. 'How we howled,' said Dundas. 'You were shriller than I was,' said Jack. 'Very like a hyena.”",
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                        "text": "“I cannot understand the principle at all,' said Stephen. 'I should very much like to show it to Captain Aubrey, who is so very well versed in the mathematics and dynamics of sailing. Landlord, pray ask him whether he is willing to part with the instrument.' Not on your fucking life,' said the Aboriginal, snatching the boomerang and clasping it to his bosom. He says he does not choose to dispose of it, your honour,' said the landlord. 'But never fret. I have a dozen behind the bar that I sell to ingenious travelers for half a guinea. Choose any one that takes your fancy, sit, and Bennelong will throw it to prove it comes back, a true homing pigeon, as we say. Won't you?' This much louder, in the black man's ear. Won't I what?' Throw it for the gentleman.' Give um dram.' Sir, he says he will be happy to throw it for you; and hopes you will encourage him with a tot of rum. (pp. 353-354)”",
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