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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.

Herman Melville

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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?
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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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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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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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Failure is the test of greatness.
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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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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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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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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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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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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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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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