Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
HERMAN MELVILLELet 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.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
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All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do–remember that–and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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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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See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
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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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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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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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