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.
HERMAN MELVILLEAid my disillusionment, my friend!
More Herman Melville Quotes
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There 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.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
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Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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