Nature is nobody’s ally.
HERMAN MELVILLEAn utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
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All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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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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Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
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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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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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Only the man who says no is free
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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When the passage “All men are born free and equal,” when that passage was being written were not some of the signers legalised owners of slaves?
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