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.
HERMAN MELVILLEI am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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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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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?
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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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