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For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
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Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.
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To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath…
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys.
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See with what entire freedom the whaleman takes his handful of lamps-often but old bottles and vials, though. ... He burns, too,…
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a nation, so…
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He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.
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Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies must be…
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Prayer draws us near to our own souls.
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For, as when the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most…
— Herman Melville
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It is progress when a centuries-old oak is cut down to give space for a road sign.
— Thor Heyerdahl
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Then here 's to the oak, the brave old oak, Who stands in his pride alone! And still flourish he a hale…
— Unknown Author
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The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly branch shone on the old oak wall.
— Thomas Haynes Bayly
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"Does all the beauty of the world stop when you die?" "No," said the Old Oak; "it will last much longer -…
— Hans Christian Andersen
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