There’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
HERMAN MELVILLEHope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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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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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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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
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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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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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