There is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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 not down in any map; true places never are.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
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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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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
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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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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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