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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.

Herman Melville

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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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Friendship Oneself Security
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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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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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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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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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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Friendship Help Illusion One Liner
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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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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Animal Dog Help Ourselves Philosophy
I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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Come Known Laughter Myself Willing
Truth is in things, and not in words.
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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Alone Live Nature Ourselves

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