Quotes by : Patrick O'Brian

A foolish German had said that man thought in words. It was totally false; a pernicious doctrine; the....

The back of my hand to guilt.

You do not mean there is danger of peace?", cried Jack.

The more a victory cost, the more it was esteemed.

Compulsion is the death of friendship, joy.

Likings arise when one has no earthly reason for liking - the most wildly improbable marriages and uncommon....

Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer.....

The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words.

How much better a man feels when he is mixed with halibut and leg of mutton and roebuck

One lives in the very present moment lives intently. There is no urge to be doing: being is the highest....