The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
HERMAN MELVILLESilence is the only Voice of our God.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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There’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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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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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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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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Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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