Sea Quotes

A man is never lost at sea and it is a long island.

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.[Il y a un spectacle plus grand que la mer, c’est le ciel; il y a un spectacle plus grand que le ciel, c’est l’intérieur de l’âme.]

The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea.

The sea was as dark as dreams and as deep as sleep.

The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it?[La mer est le vaste réservoir de la nature. C’est par la mer que le globe a pour ainsi dire commencé, et qui sait s’il ne finira pas par elle!]

The sea is everything. It covers seven-tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the ‘Living Infinite’.[La mer est tout! Elle couvre les sept dixièmes du globe terrestre. Son souffle est pur et sain. C’est l’immense désert où l’homme n’est jamais seul, car il sent frémir la vie à ses côtés. La mer n’est que le véhicule d’une surnaturelle et prodigieuse existence; elle n’est que mouvement et amour; c’est l’infini vivant.]

The sea does not belong to despots. Upon its surface men can still exercise unjust laws, fight, tear one another to pieces, and be carried away with terrestrial horrors. But at thirty feet below its level, their reign ceases, their influence is quenched, and their power disappears.[La mer n’appartient pas aux despotes. A sa surface, ils peuvent encore exercer des droits iniques, s’y battre, s’y dévorer, y transporter toutes les horreurs terrestres. Mais à trente pieds au-dessous de son niveau, leur pouvoir cesse, leur influence s’éteint, leur puissance disparaît!]

Nature repeats herself more than one would imagine. The sea has infinitely more variety.

It is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers.

If all rivers are sweet where does the sea get its salt?[Si todos los ríos son dulces de dónde saca sal el mar?]