The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
HERMAN MELVILLEAs 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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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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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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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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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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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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If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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Thou hast evoked in me profounder spells than the evoking one, thou face! For me, thou hast uncovered one infinite, dumb, beseeching countenance of mystery, underlying all the surfaces of visible time and space.
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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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There is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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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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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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