Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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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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You cannot hide the soul.
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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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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.
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Only the man who says no is free
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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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 eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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