Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
HERMAN MELVILLEI love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
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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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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 poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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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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Failure is the true test of greatness
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See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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