#ever

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

— Herman Melville

#great #man #never #somewhere #who

There are hardly five critics in America; and several of them are asleep. ↗

— Herman Melville

#asleep #critics #five #hardly #several

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

— Herman Melville

#know #nature #never #principal #quality

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor. ↗

— Menander

#all things #despair #diligence #diligently #labor

Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others. ↗

— Mencius

#duty #every #oneself #others #root

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#common #common sense #decency #everything #favor

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#black #every #flag #hands #his

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#auction #election #every #goods #sale

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#complex #else #emotion #everything #fear

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#been #brag #church #gentlemen #get