Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
HERMAN MELVILLEIf you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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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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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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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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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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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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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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