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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.

Herman Melville

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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
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Failure is the test of greatness.
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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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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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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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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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Only the man who says no is free
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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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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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future the Bible of the Free. Those who are solely governed by the Past stand like Lot’s wife, crystallized in the act of looking backward, and forever incapable of looking before.
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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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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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