Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
HERMAN MELVILLESee how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Only the man who says no is free
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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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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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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