We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
HERMAN MELVILLEOf 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.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Let 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.
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Failure is the test of greatness.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do–remember that–and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
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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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Failure is the true test of greatness
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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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