There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
HERMAN MELVILLEWe cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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Failure is the test of greatness.
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Meditation and water are wedded for ever.
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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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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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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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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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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.
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Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
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Silence is the only Voice of our God.
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