Quotes by Herman Melville

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

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"Amity itself can only be maintained by reciprocal respect, and true friends are punctilious equals."

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"A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities."

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"Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges."

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"In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers."

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