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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

Herman Melville

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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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Contrast Existence Quality World
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
for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
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Earth Enemy Madness Man
Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
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Art Greatness Growth Known Life Master Old Wisdom Work
When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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Hard Time Inspirational Monster Trouble Wild Yourself
Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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Glide Monster Stars Universe
I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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Coast Love Myself Sea Travel Unknown
The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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Growth Jaw Joy Sweet
The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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Myself Path Purpose Run Soul
Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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Dreams One Liner True Youth
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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Bound Home Life One Liner
There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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Care Enterprise Method Order True
Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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Better Choice Drink Sleep Sober
Nature is nobody’s ally.
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Friendship Nature One Liner
Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
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Heaven Mercy Need Repair Sadness
I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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Friendship Hallow Myself Religion Shallow
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
Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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Animal Honor One Liner Respect
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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Book Produce Theme
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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Compromise Edge Ragged Truth
Only the man who says no is free
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Freedom Man One Liner
What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.
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Application Feeling Man Opinion Play Truth Universal
Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.
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Beyond Desire Event Fulfill Point Remedy
There is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
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Charming Comfortable Empty Sadness Unknown
A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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Choice One Liner Smile Vehicle
The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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Death Infidelity Live Man Vote

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