All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do–remember that–and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
HERMAN MELVILLEMeditation and water are wedded for ever.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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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’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
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Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
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See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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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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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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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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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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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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