All round and round does the world lie as in a sharp-shooter’s ambush, to pick off the beautiful illusions of youth, by the pitiless cracking rifles of the realities of age.
HERMAN MELVILLEThe poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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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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Failure is the true test of greatness
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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There’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
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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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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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