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Mankind owns four things that are no good at sea: rudder, anchor, oars and the fear of going down.
Antonio Machado
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Antonio Machado
Age: 63 †
Born: 1875
Born: July 26
Died: 1939
Died: February 22
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Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz
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Hell is the bloodcurdling mansion of time, in whose profoundest circle Satan himself waits, winding a gargantuan watch in his hand.
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Has my heart gone to sleep? Have the beehives of my dreams stopped working, the waterwheel of the mind run dry, scoops turning empty, only shadow inside? No, my heart is not asleep. It is awake, wide awake. Not asleep, not dreaming— its eyes are opened wide watching distant signals, listening on the rim of vast silence
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And to walk through life in dreams out of love for the hand that guides us.
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Death is something we don't have to fear, since as long as we exist death doesn't and when it does we don't.
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XXIX Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking. Traveller, the path is your tracks And nothing more. Traveller, there is no path The path is made by walking. By walking you make a path And turning, you look back At a way you will never tread again Traveller, there is no road Only wakes in the sea.
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