Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
HERMAN MELVILLEI am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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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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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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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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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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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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