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.
HERMAN MELVILLEThe eyes are the gateway to the soul.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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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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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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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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The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
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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 thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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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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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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