Only the man who says no is free
HERMAN MELVILLEYou cannot hide the soul.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.
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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
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Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
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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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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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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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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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