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| Where does any novelist pick up any character? For the most part, in town, to be sure. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. The Confidence-Man (1857), ch. 44, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 10, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1984). ~ |
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| There is endless merit in a man's knowing when to have done. |
| ~ Thomas Carlyle, Francia. 1845. ~ |
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| Chapter 24 : have discretion 01 Do not listen to an official's reply indoors, 02 in order to repeat it to another outside. 03 Do not let your word be carried outside, 04 Lest your heart be aggrieved. 05 The heart of man is a gift of god, 06 beware of neglecting it. 07 The man at the side of an official, (truly) 08 his name should not be known. |
| ~ The Instruction of Amenemope, Akhim, Egypt, ~1100 BC ~ |
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| Until an evil action ripens, the fool may find it sweet as honey. But when the evil comes to fruition, then the fool is certain to suffer. |
| ~The Fool ~ |
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| Man and society are interdependent, hence the quality of man's behavior as an individual and as a participant in his society is inseparable. Reparations have been attempted in the past in order to lessen the malaise and dysfunctional attitudes of our social world in order to build a society that is more just and equal. Institutions and organizations have been established with their charters of noble ideology to combat these social problems. For all intents and purposes, the objectives have been laudable; but it has been unfortunate that basically good ideas have been defeated by man's inherent self-interest. |
| ~ The Path to Tranquility, October 1, 14th Dalai Lama ~ |
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| We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler said of strawberries: "Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did;" and so, if I might be judge, God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. |
| ~ Izaak Walton, The Complete Angler. Part i. Chap. v. ~ |
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| Civilization does not engross all the virtues of humanity: she has not even her full share of them. They flourish in greater abundance and attain greater strength among many barbarous people. The hospitality of the wild Arab, the courage of the North American Indian, and the faithful friendships of some of the Polynesian nations, far surpass any thing of a similar kind among the polished communities of Europe. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Typee (1846), ch. 27, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 1, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1968). ~ |
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