69 Quotes About Compass


  • Author W.G. Sebald
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    A strikingly large number of our settlements are oriented to the west and, where circumstances permit, relocate in a westward direction. The east stands for lost causes. Especially at the time that the continent of America was being colonized, it was noticeable that the townships spread to the west even was their eastern districts were falling apart.

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  • Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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    When you spend time of the bridge of a ship or in a coxswain’s station with a large compass in front, you can easily develop the impression that the compass is directing the ship rather than merely reflecting its direction.

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  • Author John Gay
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    We only part to meet again. / Change, as ye list, ye winds; my heart shall be / The faithful compass that still points to thee.

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