Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
HERMAN MELVILLELadies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.
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Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.
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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.
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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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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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