"The world is apt to judge of everything……" — William Dampier
"The world is apt to judge of everything by the success; and whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good name."
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William Dampier
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8 Quotes by William Dampier
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The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very…
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The 6th of August in the morning we saw an opening in the land and we ran into it, and…
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In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the…
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Among the New Hollanders whom we were thus engaged with, there was one who by his appearance and carriage, as…
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Typhoons are a sort of violent whirlwinds. Before these whirlwinds come on... there appears a heavy cloud to the northeast…
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I commonly went ashore every day, either upon business, or to recreate myself in the fields, which were very pleasant,…
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While we were at work there came nine or 10 of the natives to a small hill a little way…
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