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More Quotes by Herman Melville
A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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.
It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. Failure is the true test of greatness.
I will live and die by this testimony: that I loved a good conscience; that I never invaded another man's liberty; and that I preserved my own.
The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
