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 is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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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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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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Ignorance is the parent of fear.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Failure is the true test of greatness
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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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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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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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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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