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Herman Melville - From the Contrasts category:
-character Ishmael...
Truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. (Herman Melville)
Herman Melville - From the Deception category:
When a man suspects any wrong, it sometimes happens that if he be already involved in the matter, he insensibly strives to cover up his suspicions even from himself. (Herman Melville)
Herman Melville - From the Deception category:
What like a bullet can undeceive! (Herman Melville)
Herman Melville - From the Failure category:
He who has never failed somewhere... that man cannot be great. (Herman Melville)
Herman Melville - From the Imitation category:
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. (Herman Melville)
Herman Melville - From the Knowledge category:
People seem to have a great love for names. For to know a great many names seems to look like knowing a good many things. (Herman Melville)
Herman Melville - From the Leisure category:
They talk of the dignity of work. Bosh. The dignity is in the leisure. (Herman Melville)
Herman Melville - From the Strength category:
In everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic. (Herman Melville)
Herman Melville - From the Travel category:
It is not down in any map; true places never are. (Herman Melville)
Herman Melville - From the Truth category:
What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion. (Herman Melville)
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