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.
HERMAN MELVILLEA man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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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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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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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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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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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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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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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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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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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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