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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.

Herman Melville

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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Age Death Life Man Old Wake Up
All round and round does the world lie as in a sharp-shooter’s ambush, to pick off the beautiful illusions of youth, by the pitiless cracking rifles of the realities of age.
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Age Crack Life Lying Reality Round Sharp World
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
Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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Accident Fame Merit One Liner
The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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Death Infidelity Live Man Vote
Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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Silence Talk Women Yourself
The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Man Material Poor
The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
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Blind Evil Ourselves Removal Worst
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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Knowledge Ourselves Reason Wisdom
I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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Appearance Handsome Judgement Myself Personality
A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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Fact Incredible Reality True
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
I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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Coast Love Myself Sea Travel Unknown
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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Atheist Communication Kindness Men Principle Rule Thinking
If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
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Better Food World Yourself
Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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God One Liner Silence Voice

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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