Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
HERMAN MELVILLEThere 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.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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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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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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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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What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?
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Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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Failure is the test of greatness.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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