You cannot hide the soul.
HERMAN MELVILLEHe who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
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The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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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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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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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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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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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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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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