Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
HERMAN MELVILLEThe worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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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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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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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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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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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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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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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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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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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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