We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
HERMAN MELVILLEMeditation and water are wedded for ever.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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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See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
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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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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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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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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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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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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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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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