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.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere’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.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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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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for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
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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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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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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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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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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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Thou hast evoked in me profounder spells than the evoking one, thou face! For me, thou hast uncovered one infinite, dumb, beseeching countenance of mystery, underlying all the surfaces of visible time and space.
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