I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
HERMAN MELVILLEThe only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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All round and round does the world lie as in a sharp-shooter’s ambush, to pick off the beautiful illusions of youth, by the pitiless cracking rifles of the realities of age.
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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?
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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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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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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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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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