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Truth is in things, and not in words.

Herman Melville

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Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
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Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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