Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
HERMAN MELVILLEWe cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
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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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A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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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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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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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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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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