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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.”

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Herman Melville

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.

Future

Herman Melville

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.

Strength

Herman Melville

Art is the objectification of feeling.

Art

Herman Melville

Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.

Faith