Nature is nobody’s ally.
HERMAN MELVILLEThere is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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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?
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Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
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My body is but the lees of my better being.
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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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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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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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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.
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The most mighty of nature’s laws is this, that out of Death she brings Life.
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Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
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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 hard to be finite upon an infinite subject, and all subjects are infinite.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.
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Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.
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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.
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