Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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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.
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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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All round and round does the world lie as in a sharp-shooter’s ambush, to pick off the beautiful illusions of youth, by the pitiless cracking rifles of the realities of age.
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