It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
HERMAN MELVILLEIt is not down in any map; true places never are.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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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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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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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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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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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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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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