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At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect. ↗

— Herman Melville

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

— Herman Melville

#great #man #never #somewhere #who

There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method. ↗

— Herman Melville

#enterprises #method #some #true #which

Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope. ↗

— Herman Melville

#dead #doubts #even #faith #feeds

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

There is something wrong about the man who wants help. There is somewhere a deep defect, a want, in brief, a need, a crying need, somewhere about that man. ↗

— Herman Melville

#brief #crying #deep #defect #help

Where do murderers go, man! Who's to doom, when the judge himself is dragged to the bar? ↗

— Herman Melville

#doom #dragged #go #himself #judge

Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish? ↗

— Herman Melville

#cannot #habit #strange #strange thing #thing

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

— Menander

#all things #despair #diligence #diligently #labor

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom. ↗

— Menander

#hair #white #wisdom