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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.

Herman Melville

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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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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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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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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.
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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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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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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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