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Nature is nobody’s ally.

Herman Melville

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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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Behavior Human Myself Study Theory
An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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Knowledge Ourselves Reason Wisdom
All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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Deep Earth Effort Ground Herself Mindset Thinking
It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Hard Knowledge Limitation Subject
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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Below Further Future Hope Past Present Reach Scale
Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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Dishonor Himself Respect
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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Better Failure Limitation Original Success
Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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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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Charity Myself Oneself Prejudice Thinking
A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.
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Book Brain Criticism Man Rate Safety
Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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Better Choice Drink Sleep Sober
In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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Friendship Oneself Security
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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