You cannot hide the soul.
HERMAN MELVILLEOf 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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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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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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Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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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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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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Only the man who says no is free
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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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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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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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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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