Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
HERMAN MELVILLEI do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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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All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do–remember that–and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
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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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Failure is the test of greatness.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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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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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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