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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.

Herman Melville

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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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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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As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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Only the man who says no is free
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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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.
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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