The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

—Anton Chekhov

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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов;

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If a lot of cures are suggested for a disease it means that the disease is incurable.

—Anton Chekhov

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Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

—Anton Chekhov

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To advise is not to compel.

—Anton Chekhov

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There is nothing new in art except talent.

—Anton Chekhov

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We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

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A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.

—Jacques Yves Cousteau

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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

—Francis Bacon

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How strange and wonderful is our home, our earth, with its swirling vaporous atmosphere, its flowing and frozen liquids, its trembling plants, its creeping, crawling, climbing creatures, the croaking things with wings that hang on rocks and soar through the fog, the furry grass, the scaly seas.

—Edward Abbey

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All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.

—King Solomon

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