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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.

Herman Melville

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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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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
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