There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
HERMAN MELVILLEHope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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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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Failure is the true test of greatness
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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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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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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