"There is sorrow in the world, but goodness……" — Herman Melville
"There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is."
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285 Quotes by Herman Melville
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For whatever is truly wondrous and fearful in man, never yet was put into words or books.
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Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any…
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To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my…
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter…
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys.
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See with what entire freedom the whaleman takes his handful of lamps-often but old bottles and vials, though. ... He…
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world.... We are not a…
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He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.
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Why, ever since Adam, who has got to the meaning of this great allegory - the world? Then we pygmies…
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Prayer draws us near to our own souls.
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I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation…
— Teresa of Avila
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If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church,…
— Teresa of Avila
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Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without…
— Francis Bacon
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Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.
— Abu Bakr
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Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed…
— Henry Adams
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Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art.
— Charles Baudelaire
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
— Saul Bellow
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If we believe in a God at all, we must surely ascribe to him perfection of wisdom and perfection of…
— Annie Besant
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A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons…
— Bhumibol Adulyadej
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For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom…
— Lionel Blue
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May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable…
— Daniel Boone
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