Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
HERMAN MELVILLEThe most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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It is hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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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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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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There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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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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What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.
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See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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