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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.

Herman Melville

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
A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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Fact Incredible Reality True
A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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Behavior Human Myself Study Theory
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
Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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Dreams One Liner True Youth
Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.
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Mistake Set Sign Strength Talk Way Weakness
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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Art Greatness Growth Known Life Master Old Wisdom Work
There’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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Down Draw Land Magic Men Sea Stream Water
Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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Silence Talk Women Yourself
It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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Draw Map One Liner Place True
A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.
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Book Brain Criticism Man Rate Safety
Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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Rule Sleep Thinking Yourself
Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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Assumption Criticism Home Poor Warm
Truth is in things, and not in words.
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Action One Liner Truth Word
The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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Death Infidelity Live Man Vote
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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Horror Life Ocean Surround

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