Truth is in things, and not in words.
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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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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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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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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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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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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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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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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There is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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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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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
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