A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
HERMAN MELVILLEOf 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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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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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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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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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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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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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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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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