Author: Herman Melville

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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?

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?

- Herman Melville

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.

- Herman Melville

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.

He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.

- Herman Melville

There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke.

There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke.

- Herman Melville

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it.

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it.

- Herman Melville

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

- Herman Melville

Truth is in things, and not in words.

Truth is in things, and not in words.

- Herman Melville

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

- Herman Melville

Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.

Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.

- Herman Melville

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