He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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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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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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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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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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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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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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