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Quote by Herman Melville
There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at tr

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

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

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Nature
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Herman Melville
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A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of monastic obedience than the former his vows of allegiance to martial duty. – Herman Melville

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Obedience
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The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future. – Jorge Luis Borges

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That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth, employment, prosperity – in one word, our future. – Francois Hollande

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The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but its all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it. – Mike Huckabee

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Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. – Francis Bacon

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Everyone always asks me, Do you want to be famous… I never really thought about becoming famous. I just want to work, to be able to put out inspiring and good film and TV. – Kim Shaw

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Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Dont resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. – Lao Tzu

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Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. – Arnold H. Glasow

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