The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
HERMAN MELVILLETis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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Only the man who says no is free
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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