Only the man who says no is free
HERMAN MELVILLEWhatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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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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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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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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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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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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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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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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