Herman Melville
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“To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.” -Herman Melville
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“To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.” -Herman Melville
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“Truth is in things, and not in words.” -Herman Melville
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“In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers.” -Herman Melville
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“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.” -Herman Melville
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“A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.” -Herman Melville
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“At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.” -Herman Melville
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“Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?” -Herman Melville
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“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.” -Herman Melville
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“Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.” -Herman Melville
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“Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.” -Herman Melville
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“To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.” -Herman Melville
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“There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.” -Herman Melville
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“Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.” -Herman Melville
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“Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.” -Herman Melville
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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.” -Herman Melville
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“To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.” -Herman Melville
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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. – Herman Melville
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