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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.

Herman Melville

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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Forever Free Future Government Past Religious Stand
Truth is in things, and not in words.
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Action One Liner Truth Word
The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Man Material Poor
We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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Alone Live Nature Ourselves
A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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Behavior Human Myself Study Theory
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
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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Book Produce Theme
Only the man who says no is free
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Freedom Man One Liner
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
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
Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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Circle Genius Hands Recognition Round Run Shock Stand World
Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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Friendship Help Illusion One Liner
Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.
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Beautiful Magic Reality Strength
You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world.
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Blood Nation Whole World Yourself
Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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Bound Home Life One Liner
Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.
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Mistake Set Sign Strength Talk Way Weakness

The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.

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