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Mutiny on the Bounty
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"Mutiny on the Bounty" Quotes

A thrilling account of the infamous mutiny aboard the HMS Bounty, as told through the eyes of one of the mutineers.

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I'll live my own life and die my own death!

Charles Bernard Nordhoff

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There's a lot of difference between being alone and being lonely.

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A man can be born old, but he can't be born wise.

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The sea's like a woman, she takes a liking to a man and then she won't let him go.

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Honesty is the best policy, but he who acts on that principle is not an honest man.

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The only things that matter in life are love and work.

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Pity is a luxury in which no man engaged in a great enterprise can indulge.

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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable.

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It's better to have a mutiny than to have men become so disheartened that they cease to be of any use to themselves or to me.

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There's no law on this ship except what I say.

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