The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
HERMAN MELVILLEIt is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Of 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.
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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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There’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
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A whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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