A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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There is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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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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Failure is the true test of greatness
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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