Quote by Herman Melville
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges. - H

Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges. – Herman Melville

Other quotes by Herman Melville

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future. – Herman Melville

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Future
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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity. – Herman Melville

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

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Faith
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Other Quotes from
Truth
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Ive been &amp am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen &amp Im quite ordinary, &amp will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point Im one of the few people who tell the truth about myself. – T. E. Lawrence

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Truth

Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth. – John Stuart Mill

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Truth

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. – Martha Gellhorn

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Truth

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous. – Alfred Adler

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Truth

Random Quotes

Success and failure are equally disastrous. – Tennessee Williams

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Failure

I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you cant get rid of. – Calvin Trillin

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funny

You better cut the pizza in four pieces because Im not hungry enough to eat six. – Yogi Berra

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Food

I got into shape because I took kick-boxing lessons every day to prepare for a fight scene with Taylor Lautner. I really wanted to lie down and eat Chinese food, but I kick-boxed every morning and ran. If someone was filming you with your kit off, youd do the same thing. – Jason Isaacs

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Food