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All round and round does the world lie as in a sharp-shooter’s ambush, to pick off the beautiful illusions of youth, by the pitiless cracking rifles of the realities of age.

Herman Melville

You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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Knowledge Ourselves Reason Wisdom
Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Dishonor Himself Respect
My body is but the lees of my better being.
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Better Body Myself
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.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Horror Life Ocean Surround
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.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Down Draw Land Magic Men Sea Stream Water
Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Glide Monster Stars Universe
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.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Beyond Desire Event Fulfill Point Remedy
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
Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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Accomplishment Habit Inspirational Strange
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
I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Cherish Comic Greatness Myself Obligation Religious Respect
In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Friendship Oneself Security
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
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future the Bible of the Free. Those who are solely governed by the Past stand like Lot’s wife, crystallized in the act of looking backward, and forever incapable of looking before.
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Forever Free Future Government Past Religious Stand
Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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Circle Genius Hands Recognition Round Run Shock Stand World
There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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Care Enterprise Method Order True

All round and round does the world lie as in a sharp-shooter’s ambush, to pick off the beautiful illusions of youth, by the pitiless cracking rifles of the realities of age.

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All round and round does the world lie as in a sharp-shooter’s ambush, to pick off the beautiful illusions of youth, by the pitiless cracking rifles of the realities of age.

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