All round and round does the world lie as in a sharp-shooter’s ambush, to pick off the beautiful illusions of youth, by the pitiless cracking rifles of the realities of age.
HERMAN MELVILLEIt is not down in any map; true places never are.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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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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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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