We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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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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A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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Failure is the test of greatness.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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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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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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