Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
HERMAN MELVILLEI’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.
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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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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
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I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
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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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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?
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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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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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In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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