Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
HERMAN MELVILLETo produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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There’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
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Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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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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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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Only the man who says no is free
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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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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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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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