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"He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it."
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"By faith we will become strong and withstand the spiritual battle warring against us."
"He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage."
"You stand the risk of bankruptcy, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks."
"At least I'm not afraid, and no one will ever call me boring."
"What are you going to do? Are you going to live in the dark, locked in here? Afraid to look out, answer the door, leave? Yes, he's out there, and he's clearly not going to leave you alone until one of three things happens: he hurts you and gets arrested, or he makes a mistake and gets arrested, or you stop him."
"Throw a warrior to the wolves and he'll return a conqueror."
"Fear makes people speechless."
"When the sails are strong a ship has no reason to fear turbulence."
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"There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt him from indignities."
"Ahab is for ever Ahab, man. This whole act's immutably decreed. 'Twas rehearsed by thee and me a billion years before this ocean rolled. Fool! I am the Fates' lieutenant, I act under orders."
"So far gone am I in the dark side of earth, that its other side, the theoretic bright one, seems but uncertain twilight to me."
"Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land."
"There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future."
"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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