Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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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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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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