One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.
HERMAN MELVILLEBenevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.
More Herman Melville Quotes
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Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.
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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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There is nothing so slipperily alluring as sadness; we become sad in the first place by having nothing stirring to do; we continue in it, because we have found a snug sofa at last.
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Tis no dishonor when he who would dishonor you, only dishonors himself.
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
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Honor lies in the mane of a horse.
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When among wild beasts, if they menace you, be a wild beast.
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Truth is in things, and not in words.
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I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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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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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.
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What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.
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We cannot live for ourselves alone.
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Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.
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