It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
HERMAN MELVILLE
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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