There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
HERMAN MELVILLETis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
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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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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
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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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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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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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