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See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.

Herman Melville

It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Hard Knowledge Limitation Subject
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
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Art Greatness Growth Known Life Master Old Wisdom Work
You cannot hide the soul.
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Hide One Liner Soul
He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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Failure Greatness Himself Man Struggle
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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Earth Enemy Madness Man
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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Heaven Mercy Need Repair Sadness
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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Application Feeling Man Opinion Play Truth Universal
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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Atheist Communication Kindness Men Principle Rule Thinking
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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Knowledge Ourselves Reason Wisdom
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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Compromise Edge Ragged Truth
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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Beautiful Magic Reality Strength
There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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Balloon Immortality Life Substantial
A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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Choice One Liner Smile Vehicle
The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Eyes One Liner Soul Way
For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.
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Horror Life Ocean Surround
We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
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Below Further Future Hope Past Present Reach Scale

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