Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
HERMAN MELVILLEAs for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
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Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.
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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.
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Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
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Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
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Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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