A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.
HERMAN MELVILLEFailure is the true test of greatness
More Herman Melville Quotes
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
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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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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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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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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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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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