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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.

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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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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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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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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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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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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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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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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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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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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