One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
HERMAN MELVILLEI am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
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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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Failure is the true test of greatness
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for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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