Common sense isn't.
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| Man, in the ideal, is so noble and so sparkling, such a grand and glowing creature, that over any ignominious blemish in him all his fellows should run to throw their costliest robes. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Moby-Dick (1851), ch. 26, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 6, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1988). ~ |
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| Soldier or sailor, the fighting man is but a fiend; and the staff and body-guard of the Devil musters many a baton. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. White-Jacket (1850), ch. 75, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 5, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1969). ~ |
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| Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Mardi (1849), ch. 126, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 3, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1970). Spoken by Babbalanja, the philosopher. ~ |
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| He 's a sure card. |
| ~ John Dryden, The Spanish Friar. Act ii. Sc. 2. ~ |
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| The fragrance of tagara and sandalwood is sweet but slight. The fragrance of moral practice rises even to the heavens. |
| ~Flowers ~ |
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| "Please would you tell me," said Alice, a little timidly, for she was not quite sure whether it was good manners for her to speak first, "why your cat grins like that?" "It's a Cheshire cat," said the Duchess, "and that's why. Pig!" |
| ~ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Chapter vi ~ |
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| By happy chance we saw A twofold image: on a grassy bank A snow-white ram, and in the crystal flood Another and the same! |
| ~ William Wordsworth, The Excursion.Book ix. ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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