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More Quotes by Herman Melville
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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.
He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.
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.
A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.
He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
