Horatio Nelson
Admiral
"Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman."
Seamen quotes
Seamen
4 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Joseph Conrad
Novelist, Short Story Writer
"I do not know whether I have been a good seaman, but I know I have been a very faithful one."
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