There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
HERMAN MELVILLEYou cannot hide the soul.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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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.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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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.
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All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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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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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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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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