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Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.

Herman Melville

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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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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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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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