No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
HERMAN MELVILLESilence is the only Voice of our God.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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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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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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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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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
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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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You cannot hide the soul.
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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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Whatever my fate, I’ll go to it laughing.
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