A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.
HERMAN MELVILLENo philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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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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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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The worst of our evils we blindly inflict upon ourselves; our officers cannot remove them, even if they would.
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If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
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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 eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world…. We are not a nation, so much as a world.
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