The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
HERMAN MELVILLEWe are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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Only the man who says no is free
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Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
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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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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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Failure is the test of greatness.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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