Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
HERMAN MELVILLEOnly the man who says no is free
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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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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Only the man who says no is free
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.
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Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world.
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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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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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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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