“Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.”
— Herman Melville
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Let us speak, though we show all
“Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.”
— Herman Melville
Author: Herman Melville
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Hope is the struggle of the soul,
“Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.”
— Herman Melville
Author: Herman Melville
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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the
“Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.”
— Herman Melville
Author: Herman Melville
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Old age is always wakeful; as if,
“Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.”
— Herman Melville
Author: Herman Melville
Category: death
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To know how to grow old is
“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
Author: Herman Melville
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To know how to grow old is
“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
Author: Herman Melville
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
“Art is the objectification of feeling.”
— Herman Melville
Author: Herman Melville
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At sea a fellow comes out. Salt
“At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.”
— Herman Melville
Author: Herman Melville
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Friendship at first sight, like love at
“Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.”
— Herman Melville
Author: Herman Melville
Category: love
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Truth is in things, and not in
“Truth is in things, and not in words.”
— Herman Melville
Author: Herman Melville
Category: truth
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