"Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged……" — Herman Melville
"Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges."
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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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All my life I have lived and behaved very much like the sandpiper - just running down the edges of…
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Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?
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I think that taxes would be fair if we first get rid of the tax code. This is the ultimate…
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I am passionate about keeping the human dimension in things. You have to keep the rough edges and the inconsistencies,…
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You will always be too much of something for someone: too big, too loud, too soft, too edgy. If you…
— Danielle LaPorte
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We took special pride in the fact that climbing rocks and icefalls had no economic value in society...We were like…
— Yvon Chouinard
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Although we give lip service to the notion of freedom, we know the government is no longer the servant of…
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A young wine is like a horse, it is extremely vibrant. It needs taming. It has lots of life, the…
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The lakes are something which you are unprepared for; they lie up so high, exposed to the light, and the…
— Henry David Thoreau
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What can it be about low temperatures that sharpens the edges of objects?
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If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill-take it and push it as far as it will…
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The fundamental idea of these pylons, or great archways, is based on a method of construction peculiar to me, of…
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