A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
HERMAN MELVILLEAll deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do–remember that–and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
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Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
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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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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
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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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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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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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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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