Quote by Herman Melville
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Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation. – Herman Melville

Other quotes by Herman Melville

The lightning flashes through my skull; mine eyeballs ache and ache; my whole beaten brain seems as beheaded, and rolling on some stunning ground. – Herman Melville

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Madness
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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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In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. – James Allen

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strength

You must in all Airs follow the strength, spirit, and disposition of the horse, and do nothing against nature for art is but to set nature in order, and nothing else. – William Cavendish

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strength

I know what my limitations are as an actor, but my strength is putting myself into a well-written part. When I get in trouble is when I have to fix it, or when I have to carry it on personality. – George Clooney

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strength

At Casablanca we did Midnight Express, Flashdance, and The Deep. My willingness for risk has always been my strength. – Peter Guber

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strength

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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. – John F. Kennedy

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I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. – William Makepeace Thackeray

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It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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