An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
HERMAN MELVILLEA thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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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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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
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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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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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Only the man who says no is free
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