You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
HERMAN MELVILLETo produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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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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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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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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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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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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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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