Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
HERMAN MELVILLEDo not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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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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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.
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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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Thou hast evoked in me profounder spells than the evoking one, thou face! For me, thou hast uncovered one infinite, dumb, beseeching countenance of mystery, underlying all the surfaces of visible time and space.
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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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The eyes are the gateway to the soul.
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Ladies are like creeds; if you cannot speak well of them, say nothing.
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I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.
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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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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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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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