Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
HERMAN MELVILLEI cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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You cannot hide the soul.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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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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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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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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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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