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Quote by Herman Melville
Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these d

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

Other quotes by Herman Melville

Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden – what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear! – Herman Melville

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Herman Melville
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Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold, the pulpit, and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister. – Herman Melville

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I have faith the men and women of the Coast Guard will immediately rise to the challenge and see the people hit by Katrina through until the storm has truly calmed. – Dave Reichert

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The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists. – William Jennings Bryan

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Corruption is natures way of restoring our faith in democracy. – Peter Ustinov

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Hope is the belief we might get it done, and faith is the knowledge we will get it done. – Tom Shadyac

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I have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me, and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion. – Pete Townshend

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I take cabs if I need to get somewhere or I take car service. I dont drive, I wouldnt mind riding a bike… People think that because you become an entertainer you gotta have this rock star thug image. Im an artist, man. Im going to live like an artist. – ASAP Rocky

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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. – Gabriel Marcel

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It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him. – Jean Rostand

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