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There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.

Herman Melville

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If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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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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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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