black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Heaven have mercy on us all – Presbyterians and Pagans alike – for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.

Herman Melville

Related Topics

Heaven Mercy Need Repair Sadness

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Hard Time Inspirational Monster Trouble Wild Yourself
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Compromise Edge Ragged Truth
Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor
HERMAN MELVILLE

Assumption Criticism Home Poor Warm
Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Dishonor Himself Respect
Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Break Forever Hope Loose Perish Soul Struggle
Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Belief Death Doubt Faith Food Herself Hope Religious
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Animal Dog Help Ourselves Philosophy
Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Circle Genius Hands Recognition Round Run Shock Stand World
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.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Down Draw Land Magic Men Sea Stream Water
Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Age Death Life Man Old Wake Up
Only the man who says no is free
HERMAN MELVILLE

Freedom Man One Liner
You cannot hide the soul.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Hide One Liner Soul
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?
HERMAN MELVILLE

Atheist Communication Kindness Men Principle Rule Thinking
What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Application Feeling Man Opinion Play Truth Universal
Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Animal Honor One Liner Respect
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future the Bible of the Free. Those who are solely governed by the Past stand like Lot’s wife, crystallized in the act of looking backward, and forever incapable of looking before.
HERMAN MELVILLE

Forever Free Future Government Past Religious Stand

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes