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He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many foulder in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale. – Johnson
There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water. – Kate Chopin
He has an oar in every man's boat, and a finger in every pie. – Miguel de Cervantes
This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand. – Aristophanes
This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand. – Aristophanes, Wasps, 422 B.C.

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