Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
HERMAN MELVILLEDo not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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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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Failure is the test of greatness.
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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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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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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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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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