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for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men

Herman Melville

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 poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Man Material Poor
The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
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Blind Evil Ourselves Removal Worst
I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Cherish Comic Greatness Myself Obligation Religious Respect
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.
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Down Draw Land Magic Men Sea Stream Water
A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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Behavior Human Myself Study Theory
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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Book Produce Theme
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
The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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Death Infidelity Live Man Vote
Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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Forever Marriage Meditation One Liner Water
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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Animal Dog Help Ourselves Philosophy
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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Brain Calm Cool Heart Ourselves Thinking
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
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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Age Crack Life Lying Reality Round Sharp World
I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
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Easy Life Man Myself Way Youth
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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Feeling Love Myself Nature Remote Sea

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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