An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
HERMAN MELVILLEThe path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
More Herman Melville Quotes
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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Only the man who says no is free
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
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