An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
HERMAN MELVILLEI am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.
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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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What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.
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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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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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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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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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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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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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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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