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Only the man who says no is free

Herman Melville

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All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?
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Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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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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