"He that would soothe sorrow must not argue on the vanity of the most deceitful hopes."

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The sea has been called deceitful and treacherous, but there lies in this trait only the character of a great natural power, which, to speak according to our own feelings, renews its strength, and, without reference to joy or sorrow, follows eternal laws which are imposed by a higher Power.

— Wilhelm von Humboldt