Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
HERMAN MELVILLEFaith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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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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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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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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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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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.
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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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There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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