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Conquistadors of the Useless

by Lionel Terray

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“Jack, you've debauched my sloth.”
― Patrick O'Brian, H.M.S. Surprise

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“It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

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“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

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“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

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“This short watch that is about to come, or rather these two short watches--why are they called dog watches? Where, heu, heu, is the canine connection?'

Why,' said Stephen, 'it is because they are curtailed of course.”
― Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain

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