A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
HERMAN MELVILLEFailure is the test of greatness.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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Failure is the test of greatness.
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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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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
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What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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