To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
HERMAN MELVILLEStay true to the dreams of thy youth.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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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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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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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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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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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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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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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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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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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
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