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 MELVILLETo know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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Only the man who says no is free
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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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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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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