There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
HERMAN MELVILLEWe cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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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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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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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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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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