Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
HERMAN MELVILLETruth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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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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You cannot hide the soul.
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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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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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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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The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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