You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
HERMAN MELVILLE
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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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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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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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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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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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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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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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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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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