I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.
HERMAN MELVILLEMy body is but the lees of my better being.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Nature is nobody’s ally.
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You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.
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You cannot hide the soul.
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Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.
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Aid my disillusionment, my friend!
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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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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A man of true science… thinks, that by mouthing hard words, he proves that he understands hard things.
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The only true infidelity is for a live man to vote himself dead.
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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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Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
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Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.
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One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
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Art is the objectification of feeling.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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