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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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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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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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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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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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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
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The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future the Bible of the Free. Those who are solely governed by the Past stand like Lot’s wife, crystallized in the act of looking backward, and forever incapable of looking before.
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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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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A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.
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A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
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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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Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.
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