Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
HERMAN MELVILLETis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.
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Failure is the test of greatness.
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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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Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
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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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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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If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.
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To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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Thinking is, or ought to be, a coolness and a calmness; and our poor hearts throb, and our poor brains beat too much for that.
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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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A book in a man’s brain is better off than a book bound in calf – at any rate it is safer from criticism.
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