There is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Yet habit – strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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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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As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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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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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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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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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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