Quote by Herman Melville
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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. – Herman Melville

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Old age is always wakeful as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death. – Herman Melville

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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity. – Herman Melville

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The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head – Herman Melville

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Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person. – Albert Einstein

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One killer exercise thats really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. Thats my favourite. Its such functional core strength, and thats why I can climb up trees and down vines. – Bear Grylls

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The very strength of a nation eventually proves to be its weakness. – Paul Harris

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