Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
HERMAN MELVILLEA man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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Failure is the test of greatness.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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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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Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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