For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.
HERMAN MELVILLEThe path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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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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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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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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The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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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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A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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Only the man who says no is free
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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