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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.

Herman Melville

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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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Command Convince God Hard Persuade Remember
A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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Choice One Liner Smile Vehicle
There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
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Contrast Existence Quality World
There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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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 eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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Rule Sleep Thinking Yourself
One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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Awake Cool Man Morning One Liner Wisdom
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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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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All round and round does the world lie as in a sharp-shooter’s ambush, to pick off the beautiful illusions of youth, by the pitiless cracking rifles of the realities of age.
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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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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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Action One Liner Truth Word
Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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