Quotes

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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
― Herman Melville
Inspirational
Life
Motivational
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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.
― Herman Melville
Inspirational
Learning
Knowledge
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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.
― Herman Melville
Life
Birthday
Time
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If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
― Herman Melville
Wine
Luxury
Water
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
― Herman Melville
Life
Inspiring
Voyages
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There's magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
― Herman Melville
Men
Sea
Fishing
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
― Herman Melville
Dog
Horse
Philosopher
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The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
― Herman Melville
Running
Iron
Soul
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
― Herman Melville
Inspirational
Life
Spiritual
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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.
― Herman Melville
Men
Liberty
Testimony
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He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
― Herman Melville
Knowledge
Adversity
Self
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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.
― Herman Melville
Greatness
Men
Tests
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The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.
― Herman Melville
Past
Tyrants
Textbooks
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
― Herman Melville
Success
Wisdom
Failure
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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
― Herman Melville
Joy
Danger
Peril
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Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.
― Herman Melville
Thinking
Age
Generations
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
― Herman Melville
Literature
Edges
Ragged
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
― Herman Melville
Knowledge
Reason
Knows
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I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
― Herman Melville
Men
Profound
Way
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A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
― Herman Melville
Truth
May
Sometimes
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