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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.

Herman Melville

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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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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
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What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
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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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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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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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Failure is the test of greatness.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
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