Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
HERMAN MELVILLEBetter be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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Only the man who says no is free
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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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.
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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
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All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do–remember that–and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world.
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There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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There’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
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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’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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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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See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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