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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

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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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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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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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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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Break Forever Hope Loose Perish Soul Struggle
There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
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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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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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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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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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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.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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