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Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.

Herman Melville

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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Book Produce Theme
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.
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Assumption Criticisms Humanity Poor Rich
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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Compromise Edge Ragged Truth
One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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Awake Cool Man Morning One Liner Wisdom
Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
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Age Death Life Man Old Wake Up
Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.
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Beyond Desire Event Fulfill Point Remedy
See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
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Growth Love Oneself Prejudice See
A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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Evidence Hard Himself Man Mouth Science Thinking True Understand
All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do–remember that–and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
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Command Convince God Hard Persuade Remember
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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Myself Path Purpose Run Soul
There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
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Contrast Existence Quality World
Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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Silence Talk Women Yourself
The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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Death Deep Herself Laws Life Nature Power
You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world.
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Blood Nation Whole World Yourself
Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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Animal Interfere Man Money
The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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Death Infidelity Live Man Vote

Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.

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