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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.

Herman Melville

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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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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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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
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Failure is the test of greatness.
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There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
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We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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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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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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