Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
HERMAN MELVILLEFailure is the true test of greatness
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
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The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
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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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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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Only the man who says no is free
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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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