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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone? – Herman Melville

Other quotes by Herman Melville

Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden – what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear! – Herman Melville

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In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers. – Herman Melville

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Nothing is so beautiful as spring – when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush Thrushs eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing. – Gerard Manley Hopkins

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With innovation and technology, seems we have forgotten to cherish the true beauty the world has to offer. – A.C. Van Cherub, 2008

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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation. – John Adams

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Nature does nothing uselessly. – Aristotle

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Its fun to have money, but the more money I get, the less interesting it becomes. If you dont have very much, you have to think about it. If you are starving, you become interested in food. If you are struggling to pay the bills, money becomes tragically important. – Sebastian Junger

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