To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
HERMAN MELVILLEThinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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Only the man who says no is free
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.
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If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
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Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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Failure is the test of greatness.
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