What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?
HERMAN MELVILLENo philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.
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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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Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.
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There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.
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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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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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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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I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.
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It is not down in any map; true places never are.
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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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The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run
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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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I’ll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
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