We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
HERMAN MELVILLEMan is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?
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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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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.
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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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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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Failure is the true test of greatness
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A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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