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?
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion.
Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight is said to be the only truth
. . . these are the times of dreamy quietude, when beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember, that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang.