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?
HERMAN MELVILLEA whale ship was my Yale College and my Harvard.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
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for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
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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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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?
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We 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.
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All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do–remember that–and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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