One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
HERMAN MELVILLEIt is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
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All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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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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As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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