No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
HERMAN MELVILLEIgnorance is the parent of fear.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Only the man who says no is free
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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We are only what we are; not what we would be; nor every thing we hope for. We are but a step in a scale, that reaches further above us than below.
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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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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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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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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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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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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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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.
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The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future the Bible of the Free. Those who are solely governed by the Past stand like Lot’s wife, crystallized in the act of looking backward, and forever incapable of looking before.
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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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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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