Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?

Quote by Herman Melville

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Art is the objectification of feeling.

Art is the objectification of feeling.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men;...

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men;...

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.

They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.

Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she...

Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she...

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

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

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

There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings...

There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings...

Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

There is nothing namable but that some men will, or undertake to, do it for...

There is nothing namable but that some men will, or undertake to, do it for...

To be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment.

To be hated cordially, is only a left-handed compliment.

There is something wrong about the man who wants help. There is somewhere a deep...

There is something wrong about the man who wants help. There is somewhere a deep...

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence...

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence...

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is...

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is...

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight is said to be the only...

Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight is said to be the only...

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the...

Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the...

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

It is amazing how much crisper the general experience of life becomes when your body...

It is amazing how much crisper the general experience of life becomes when your body...

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness...

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness...

...who passed through universities with radiant cool eyes hallucinating Arkansas and Blake-light tragedy among the...

...who passed through universities with radiant cool eyes hallucinating Arkansas and Blake-light tragedy among the...