Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
HERMAN MELVILLEFriendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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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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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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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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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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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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We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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There is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
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There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
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