The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
HERMAN MELVILLEHonor lies in the mane of a horse.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
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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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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?
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