If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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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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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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