Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
HERMAN MELVILLEIt is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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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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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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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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What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.
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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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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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Only the man who says no is free
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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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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Failure is the true test of greatness
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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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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